Biographical entry Hooke, Lionel George Alfred (1895 - 1974)

Summary

(Sir) Lionel George A. Hooke spent a total of sixty-one years with AWA Ltd. (Amalgamated Wireless Australasia). Forty-nine years of this was in management. In 1914 Hooke went to Antarctica to work as the radio operator on Shackelton's Antarctic expedition. He has written at least one scientific article on radio communications.

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Events

1913

Career position - Telegraphist at Marconi Co., UK

1913 - 1925

Career position - Telegraphist? at AWA Ltd. (Amalgamated Wireless Australasia)

1914 - 1915

Career position - Radio Operator on the Shackelton Antarctic expedition

1925 - 1945

Career position - General Manageer of AWA Ltd.

1945 - 1949

Career position - Managing Director of AWA Ltd.

1957

Award - Knight Bachelor (Kt cr)

1962 - 1974

Career position - Chairman of AWA Ltd.

Published resources

Book Sections

• Davies, L.W., 'Hooke, Sir Lionel George Alfred (1895-1974), Broadcasting Pioneer, Radio Engineer and Businessman', in John Ritchie (ed.), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 14, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1996, pp. 485-486. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A140552b.htm. Details

Online Resources

• 'Hooke, Lionel George Alfred', 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/P001697p.htm. Details
• National Library of Australia, 'Hooke, Lionel George Alfred', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1476177. Details