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Monash, John (1865 - 1931)
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White, Norman Robert (Bob) (1911 - 2005)
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Callinan, Bernard James (1913 - 1995)
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Chapman, Wilfrid Dinsey (1891 - 1955)
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Sutherland, Keith (1896 - 1978)
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Clements, Francis William (1864 - 1939)
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Vines, John Anthony (Jack) (1922 - 2010)
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<p>Manager, Yallourn Production Centre 1980s - 1987</p>
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Herman, Hyman (1875 - 1962)
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Callow, Joseph Royal (1910 - 1947)
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<p>Engineer 1932 - 1939; 1945 - 1947</p>
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Lyle, Thomas Ranken (1860 - 1944)
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Connolly, Willis Henry (1901 - 1981)
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Bates, George William (1932 - 1995)
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Kernot, Charles Home (1885 - 1958)
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<p>Chief engineer 1950; Acting Chief Engineer 1942 - 1948; Deputy Chief Engineer 1947 - 1949; Chief Construction Engineer 1938 - 1947; Construction engineer 1920 - 1939.</p>
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Bate, Ernest (1883 - 1974)
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Strickland, Tom Percival (1875 - 1955)
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