Gibson, Alexander James
Person: id 54621
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World War I
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Family name
Gibson
Given name(s)
Alexander James
Initials
A.J.
Honorific
Prof.
Gender
Male
Tertiary education
University role
Fellow of the Senate Uni Sydney
Education notes
Image from UQA - Assoc.M.Inst.C.E.
Military service
Survived
Survived WWI
Occupations
Gibson A.J. : Fitter 1900 - Mort's Dock & Engineering Co. @ Balmain [ NSW Australia ]Gibson A.J. : Assistant Lecturer 1903 - 1910 University of Sydney @ University of Sydney : Camperdown [ NSW Australia ]Gibson A.J. : Chair of Engineering 1910 - 1918 University of Queensland @ University of Queensland : St Lucia [ Brisbane, QLD Australia ]Gibson A.J. : Apprentice - Thames Iron Works, Ship Building & Engineering Co. @ Blackwall [ London England ]Gibson A.J. : Engineer - S.C.Farnahm & Co. @ Shanghai [ China ]Gibson A.J. : Superintendent of Construction - Broken Hill Proprietary Co.Ltd @ BHP Works Newcastle [ NSW Australia ]
Professional Association Memberships
OCRd book entry or other narrative
Assistant Lecturer Engineering staff. Listed in the back of the Book of Remembrance in the Munitions section. First mobilised as a Captain in the Militia. He then became Censor, in Brisbane. Later he went to Melbourne on advisory duty with the army and navy. During 1917-18 he was in England on munitions work with which he had become associated in despatch of staff from Australia to England.He returned to Australia to be Acting General Manager and Chief Engineer of the Commonwealth Arsenal.
Narrative
Fellow of the Senate 1934-39,
ADB Entry ID
6306
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