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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human Gavan McCarthy; Ken McInnes updated 2026-04-29 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P000754b.htm person Rofe Bryan MBE AACR2 1918 27 August 1971 Place of Birth South Australia, Australia Place of Death South Yarra, Victoria, Australia Military scientist Science administrator Bryan Rofe served as a Flight-Lieutenant in the RAAF Meteorological Service, was a Principal Research Officer at the Australian Weapons Research Establishment, South Australia 1948-1970 and was Director of the Australian Antarctic Division 1970-1971. He worked at Woomera where he initiated and organised a program of upper atmosphere meteorological research using a wide variety of meteorological rockets. His group developed the highly successful "Kookaburra" meteorological sounding rocket together with the meteorological sensors it contained. He was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) for services during the Second World War. 1940 Career position - Weather Officer, Meteorological Branch, Melbourne, Department of the Interior [member of first war-time meteorologist training course] 1941 1946 Military service - Second World War. Flight Lieutenant / Squadron Leader, Royal Australian Air Force 23 Oct 1942 23 Oct 1942 Award - Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) - RAAF - Bravery during evacuation from Timor 1948 1970 Career position - Scientific Officer / Principal Scientific Officer, Australian Weapons Research Establishment, South Australia 1970 1971 Career position - Director, Australian Antarctic Division 1971 1971 Buried - Springvale Botanical Cemetery Weapons Research Establishment, Commonwealth of Australia (1955 - 1978)

Scientific Officer, Australian Weapons Research Establishment, 1948 - 1970.

 Antarctic Division, Commonwealth of Australia (1949 - )

Director, 1970 - 1971

 Rofe, Bryan (1918-1971)

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 'Rofe, Bryan', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Rofe, Bryan Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: Bryan Rofe [Obituary] Gibbs, William James [W. J. G.] Bryan Rofe [Obituary] 1971 Weather News 181 Resource: A9300 RAAF Officers Personnel files, 1921-1948 CA 778, Air Services Branch; CA 35, Department of Air, Central Office A9300 RAAF Officers Personnel files, 1921-1948 National Archives of Australia, RecordSearch Resource: Federation and Meteorology Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre Federation and Meteorology 2001 Bryan Rofe - Records National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection Bryan Rofe - Records MS 3727 1948 - 1971 Papers on upper atmosphere research and the application of space techniques to meteorology, (closed access); correspondence; typescript and published articles by Rofe and others; press clippings, photographs and slides of Australia's first satellite and the Antarctic; letters of condolence on his death and miscellaneous items; overall dates c1948-71 [MS 3727].