Person

Baldwin, Daniel Eric (1894 - 1965)

Born
16 February 1894
Laidley, Queensland, Australia
Died
26 February 1965
Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia
Occupation
Civil engineer

Summary

Daniel Baldwin was Chief Engineer of the Commonwealth Oil Refineries Ltd. from 1932. In the late 1920s and 1930s, he was a leading engineer in the pioneering application of electric-arc welding in engineering structures including all-welded bridges, and all-welded steel storage tanks for crude oil and petroleum. At the time, these were some of the largest all-welded structures of their kind in the world.

Together with co-director Corrie Gardner, they pioneered standardised pre-fabricated all-welded garages, sleep-outs, cabins, cottages, churches and classrooms.

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Chronology

1913
Award - Scholarship, University of Queensland
1915 - 1918
Military service - First World War. Lieutenant, Engineers, 4th Division, Australian Imperial Force [Served in Gallipoli, France, Belgium]
1920
Award - Sir Thomas McIlwraith engineering scholarship, University of Queensland
1921
Education - Bachelor of Engineering (Civil) (BE), University of Queensland [Delayed by Military service]
1921 - 1924
Career position - Engineer, Commonwealth Oil Refineries Ltd
1923
Career event - Associate Member (AMIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia
1924 - 1932
Career position - Director, Engineer and Manager, Gardner Constructions Pty Ltd
1928
Life event - Married Florence H Rock, in Sydney New South Wales
1932 -
Career position - Chief Engineer, Commonwealth Oil Refineries Ltd
1939
Career event - Member (MIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia
1940
Career position - Chairman, Melbourne Division, Institution of Engineers Australia
1942 - 1943
Military service - Second World War. Lieutenant, Engineers, Australian Imperial Force [Served in New Guinea]

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See also

  • Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, Technology in Australia 1788-1988, Online edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, 3 May 2000, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/tia/index_b.html. Details
  • Alexander, John A. ed., Who's who in Australia 1944 (Melbourne, Victoria: The Herald and Weekly Times Ltd, 1944), 906 pp. Details

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