Close, John Campbell (1881 - 1953)

Summary

John Close worked as an electrical engineer for the American and Australian branches of General Electric Company for over 20 years. He spent the later part of his working life with the Ministry of Munitions.

Details

Chronology

1903

Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Sydney

1905

Education - Master of Engineering (ME), Cornell University

1905 - 1910

Career position - Electrical Engineer at General Electric Company in New York, USA

1910 - 1930

Career position - Electrical Engineer at Australian General Electric Company in Sydney

1912

Career event - Member, Electrical Association of New South Wales

1915 - 1919

Military service - Australian Imperial Force

1919

Career event - Foundation Associate Member (AMIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia

1930 - 1940

Career position - Secretary of the Australian Imperial Force? in Sydney

1940 - 1945

Career position - Ministry of Munitions

Published resources

Resources

• CA 2001 Australian Imperial Force, Base Records Office, 'NAA: B2455, Close J C', B2455 First Australian Imperial Force Personnel Dossiers, 1914-1920, National Archives of Australia, RecordSearch, https://RecordSearch.naa.gov.au/scripts/AutoSearch.asp?O=I&Number=3260261. Details
• 'Close, John Campbell (1881-1953)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1475569. Details

Resource Sections

• 'Close, John Campbell', in Physics in Australia to 1945, R.W. Home, with the assistance of Paula J. Needham, Australian Science Archives Project, June 1995, http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/physics/P001624p.htm. Details

See also

• Jensen, David, Mawson's remarkable men: the personal stories of the epic 1911-14 Australasian Antarctic Expediton (Sydeny: Allen and Unwin, 2015), 183 pp. Details
• Mawson, Douglas, The home of the blizzard: being the story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911 - 1914, 2 vols (London: J.B. Lippincott: Heinemann, 1915). Details