Person

Downing, Harold Leslie (1913 - 2004)

Born: 10 January 1913
Cottesloe, Western Australia, Australia
Died: 7 October 2004
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation: Electrical engineer and Teacher

Summary

Harold Downing entered professional life as a science teacher. Within two years of graduating he moved to AWA Ltd. (Amalgamated Wireless Australasia) to take up a post as an engineer. Downing remained at AWA Ltd. Until he retired in 1978 after almost forty-two years of service.

Details

Chronology

1934: Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc) completed at the University of Western Australia
1935 - 1936: Career position - Science Teacher in Perth
1936: Career position - Lecturer in Mathematics at the University of Western Australia
1936 - 1974: Career position - Engineer at AWA Ltd. (Amalgamated Wireless Australasia)
1975 - 1978: Career position - Manager of the Engineering Products Division of AWA Ltd.
1978: Life event - Retired

Published resources

Resources

'Downing, Harold Leslie (1913-)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1475541. Details

Resource Sections

'Downing, Harold Leslie', 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/P001638p.htm. Details

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Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 29 September 2011

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