STRAW, Keith Blundell

 Person: id 89290
University connections
UMelb
Event flag
World War I
Family name
STRAW
Given name(s)
Keith Blundell
Initials
K.B.
Gender
Male
Survived
Survived WWI
OCRd book entry or other narrative
Not listed on the Roll of Active Service. Mentioned in the University of Melbourne Magazine War Memorial number, July 1920, as having undertaken munitions work, or the like, in the United Kingdom. Chemist in the testing laboratory at HM Factory Queensferry; later chemist in charge of the laboratory.
Visible notes
In the First World War he was Chief Chemist of one of the largest explosives and chemical factories in England.
In WWII he advised the Victorian government Ministry of Munitions on explosives [The Argus, 2 July 1943 p4]
 
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