Person

Wait, Edric John Vallack (1901 - 1986)

Born
5 July 1901
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died
21 September 1986
Occupation
Engineer

Summary

Edric Wait worked for the New South Wales Railways department for close to forty-five years.

Details

Chronology

1923
Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc) completed at the University of Sydney
1925
Career position - Engineer with the New South Wales Railways
1925
Education - Bachelor of Engineering (BE) completed at the University of Sydney
1926 - 1928
Career position - Engineer with British Thomson Houston Co. in Rugby, UK
1928 - 1933
Career position - Engineer with the NSW Railways
1933 - 1935
Career position - Engineer at AWA Ltd. (Amalgamated Wireless Australasia)
1935 - 1940
Career position - Engineer with the Metropolitan Water Supply Board of Sydney
1940 - 1971
Career position - Senior Engineer at the NSW Railways Testing Laboratory

Published resources

Resources

Resource Sections

McCarthy, G.J.

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