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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human Gavan McCarthy updated 2026-01-21 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P001845b.htm person Wood Francis John Powell AACR2 10 February 1913 2 December 1988 Place of Birth Albury, New South Wales, Australia Place of Death Victoria, Australia Aeronautical engineer Francis Wood was an engineer with the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) for over thirty years. He left the RAAF in 1968, having reached the rank of Group Captain, and took up a ten year post at the Aeronautical Research Laboratories in Melbourne. 1934 1934 Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Sydney 1935 1937 Career position - Assistant at Mt. Stromlo Observatory in the Australian Capital Territory 1937 1968 Career position - Engineering Officer, Royal Australian Air Force 1968 1978 Career position - Experimental Officer, Aeronautical Research Laboratories in Melbourne Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), Commonwealth of Australia (1921 - ) Wood, F J P (1913-)

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 'Wood, Francis John Powell', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Wood, Francis John Powell Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Resource Section: Wood, Francis John Powell Wood, Francis John Powell Australian Science Archives Project 1995 Physics in Australia to 1945 R.W. Home, with the assistance of Paula J. Needham