Person

Hacke, Arthur Kurt Englebert Fridolin (1881 - 1962)

Born
4 October 1881
Witkowitz, Ostrau, Czech Republic
Died
23 June 1962
Hamilton, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation
Mechanical engineer

Summary

Arthur Kurt Hacke, AMIEAust, was Chief Engineer for Broken Hill Pty. Co. Ltd. and after he retired in 1948, was working as a consulting engineer for B.H.P. Steelworks Works in Newcastle, New South Wales.

He was awarded the Kernot Memorial Medal for distinguished engineering achievement in Australia for 1950.

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Chronology

1898
Life event - Arrived in Melbourne Australia on "Barbarossa"
1898 - 1899
Career position - Working in Ballarat, Victoria
1899 - c. 1906
Career position - Working in Melbourne, Victoria
c. 1906 - c. 1908
Career position - Working at North Mount Lyell, and Crotty, Tasmania
c. 1909 - 1911
Career position - Working in Broken Hill, New South Wales
1911 - 1913
Career position - Broken Hill Pty. Co. Ltd, Broken Hill, New South Wales
1913 - 1919
Career position - Chief draftsman, Broken Hill Pty. Co. Ltd, Newcastle
1914
Life event - Naturalised as an Australian citizen
1919
Career event - Foundation Associate Member (AMIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia
1919 - 1920
Career position - Acting Chief Mechanical Engineer, Broken Hill Pty. Co. Ltd, Newcastle
1920 - 1935
Career position - Chief Mechanical Engineer, Broken Hill Pty. Co. Ltd, Newcastle
1931 - 1932
Career position - Chairman, Newcastle Division, Institution of Engineers, Australia
1935 - 1948
Career position - Chief Engineer, Broken Hill Pty. Co. Ltd.
1936 - 1948
Career position - Supervising Engineer, Australian Iron and Steel Ltd, Port Kembla
1948 -
Career position - Consulting Engineer, Broken Hill Pty. Co. Ltd.
1950
Award - Kernot Memorial Medal, for distinguished engineering achievement in Australia. Faculty of Engineering, University of Melbourne

Published resources

Journal Articles

  • 'Kernot Memorial Medal - 1950 Award [A. K. Hacke]', Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 22 (12) (1950), 281. Details

Newspaper Articles

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