Biographical entry Allen, Alfred James (1892 - 1981)

Summary

Alfred Allen was the founder and managing director of Tarac Industries. The company made products, including cream of tartar, from the parts of the grapes not used in wine making. During 1941-1945 he produced over 1 million gallons of power alcohol, which was used to keep the taxis running. Prior to this Allen was a Student analyst with the Victorian Department of Agriculture, assistant pathologist with the Department of Public Health and researcher at the Commonwealth Serum Laboratories where he worked on the production of tetanus antitoxin and insulin. He graduated in Applied Chemistry at the Working Men's College in Melbourne and represented Victoria at the Australian Hockey Championships of 1922 and 1923. Allen was also Worshipful Master at the Barossa Masonic Lodge in South Australia and a PGS of the Grand Lodge of South Australia.

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Events

1918 - 1919

Career position - War service with the Australian Imperial Force in Rabaul, New Guinea

1919 - 1930

Career position - Researcher at the Commonwealth Serum Laboratories (CSL)

1930 -

Career position - Tarac Industries established

1938

Career position - Worshipful Master at Barossa Masonic Lodge

1946

Career position - President of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute, South Australian branch

Published resources

Online Resources

• National Library of Australia, 'Allen Alfred James', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1476434. Details