Barraclough, Samuel Henry Egerton
Person: id 56454
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USyd
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World War I
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Barraclough
Given name(s)
Samuel Henry Egerton
Initials
S.H.E.
Honorific
Sir
Gender
Male
Early education
University role
Dean of Faculty of EngineeringFellow of the Senate
Education notes
Awarded 1851 Exhibition travelling scholarship
Military service
Survived
Survived WWI
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Professional Association Memberships
Barraclough, Samuel Henry Egerton : Engineering Association NSW, 1914Barraclough, Samuel Henry Egerton : Royal Society NSW Engineering SectionBarraclough, Samuel Henry Egerton : Institute of Engineers, AustraliaBarraclough, Samuel Henry Egerton : Australia & NZ Association for the Advancement of Science
Other events
Barraclough S.H.E. : Specific terms.Appointed C.B.E. 1919Barraclough S.H.E. : Specific terms.Appointed K.B.E. 1920Barraclough S.H.E. : Specific terms.Peter Nicol Russel Memorial Medal 1939Barraclough S.H.E. : Specific terms.Fellow of the Senate - @ University of Sydney : Camperdown [ NSW Australia ]
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B.E., Professor Mechanical Engineering. Listed in the Munitions section at the back of the Book of Remembrance. He was a major in the Australian Intelligence Corps at the outbreak of war and became Senior Assistant Censor of the second military district. Towards the end of 1915 he went to England at his own expense, commissioned by the Minister for Defence and the Federal Munitions Committee to meet and confer with the Arsenal Committee in India, and to obtain additional information in England as to the manufacture of guns up to 4-inch calibre. In his report he advised that 'the best way of helping the British munitions effort and the future inauguration of the Australian arsenal would be to send to Great Britain … as many Australian workers as possible'. At the end of 1916 he returned to London as honorary lieutenant-colonel in charge of the Australian munitions workers in England and France. By 1918 some 5000 skilled men had reached England and he had built up a staff of about 150 to look after the men's welfare and discipline.
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5141
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