Biographical entry Wood, Herbert Boyne (1909 - 2007)

Summary

Herbert Boyne Wood worked as a radio engineer in Australia and held executive positions in the Malaysian and Hong Kong branches of the company I.T.T. He was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1945.

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Events

1929

Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc) completed at the University of Sydney

1930 - 1931

Career position - Radio Design Engineer at Philips Lamps Australasia Ltd. in Sydney

1931

Education - Bachelor of Engineering (BE) completed at the University of Sydney

1931 - 1933

Career position - Research Officer at the CSIR (Council for Scientific and Industrial Research) Radio Research Board

1933 - 1936

Career position - Research Fellow in Engineering at the University of Sydney

1936 - 1941

Career position - Chief Radio Transmission Engineer at TS.TC. Ltd. in Sydney

1938

Education - Master of Engineering (ME) completed at the University of Sydney

1942 - 1945

Career position - Lieutenant-colonel with the Royal Australian Engineers in the South West Pacific region

1945

Award - Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)

1946 - 1962

Career position - Chief Engineer and Technical Director of TC.T.C Ltd.

1962 - 1968

Career position - Vice-President and Area Technical Director of I.T.T. Far East & Pacific Inc. in Hong Kong

1968 - 1971

Career position - Managing Director of I.T.T. Malaysia in Kuala Lumpur

Published resources

Online Resources

• 'Wood, Herbert Boyne', 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/P001847p.htm. Details
• 'Wood, Herbert Boyne (1909-)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1475425. Details