Biographical entry Fletcher, Peter (1943 - )

Summary

Peter Fletcher joined the UK Meteorological Office in 1962. He worked as an Assistant at RAF Bomber Command in High Wycombe, as Officer-in-Charge (meteorology) on weather ships in the North Atlantic for two years and later as a forecaster at RAF stations in the UK and the Middle East. He joined the Bureau of Meteorology as a Technical Officer in 1970 and has served at Brisbane, Townsville, Cairns, Mt Isa and Williamtown in a variety of positions. He authored Seventy-Five Years at Willis Island, Metarch Papers No. 9, 1996, on the meteorological history of the storm-warning wireless station on Willis Island.

Published resources

Books

• Fletcher, P., Seventy-Five Years at Willis Island, Metarch Papers No. 9, Bureau of Meteorology, 1996. Details

Journal Articles

• Fletcher, Peter, 'Queensland Regional Director Calls it a Day', Weather News, vol. 325, August 2000, 2000, p. 15. Details

Online Resources

• Fletcher, P., 'Seventy-Five Years at Willis Island', in Federation and Meteorology, 2001, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/fam/0596.html. Details
• National Library of Australia, 'Fletcher, Peter', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1475957. Details

See also

• Federation and Meteorology, 2001, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/fam/scripts/fam-dynindex.php3?EID=P003246. Details