Person
Davidson, George Frederick (1886 - 1959)
OBE
- Born
- 18 April 1886
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia - Died
- 3 November 1959
Chatswood, New South Wales, Austalia - Occupation
- Mechanical engineer
Details
Chronology
- 1905 - 1909
- Career position - Engineering work, Adelaide Steam Shipping Company, Repair works, Balmain, Sydney
- 1909
- Education - Bachelor of Engineering (BE(Mech and Elec)), University of Sydney [University Medal]
- 1909 - 1910
- Career position - Assistant to Electrical Engineer, Railways and Tramways, New South Wales
- 1910 - 1912
- Award - 1851 Exhibition Science Research Scholarship [Engineering. - An experimental verification of the relation between the theoretical dynamics of air and water. University of Cambridge]
- 1912
- Education - Master of Arts (MA), University of Cambridge
- 1912 - 1914
- Career position - Assistant, Technical Department, Wallsend Shipyard of Messrs. Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Ltd
- 1915 - 1917
- Career position - During First World War, Assistant Superintendent at one of the National Factories
- 1917 - 1919
- Career position - During First World War, Director, Ministry of Munitions [Under Sir Glyn West]
- 1919 - 1920
- Career position - Technical Adviser, Leeds Forge Co. Ltd., Leeds, England
- c. 1920
- Award - Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
- 1920 - 1922
- Career position - Official Director, Leeds Forge Co. Ltd., Leeds, England
- 21 Oct 1921
- Career event - Member (MIMechE), Institution of Mechanical Engineers, London
- 1922 - 1925
- Career position - Managing Director, Dunlop Rubber Co. (Straits Settlements) Ltd., Singapore
- 1926 - 1930
- Career position - Sales Manager, H. W. Crouch, Distributor for Federal Motor Trucks, Sydney
- 1930 -
- Career position - Consulting Financial Adviser, Sydney
Related entries
Published resources
Books
- Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851, Record of the science research scholars of the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851, 1891 - 1960 (London: The Commissioners, 1961), 107 pp. Science Research Scholarship - Entry No.333. Details
Ken McInnes
Created: 28 October 2026