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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human Gavan McCarthy; Ken McInnes updated 2026-04-09 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P001847b.htm person Wood Herbert Boyne OBE AACR2 21 June 1909 2 January 2007 Place of Birth Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Place of Death Cootamundra, New South Wales, Australia Radio engineer Business executive Herbert Wood OBE FIEAust was a radio engineer who took a leading role in research and development of aircraft radio communication and navigation in Australia before the Second World War. He later was Chief Engineer and Technical Director, S.T.C. Ltd in Australia, Vice-President and Area Technical Director I.T.T. Far East & Pacific Inc. in Hong Kong, then Managing Director, I.T.T. Far East & Pacific Inc. in Malaysia. He was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1945 in recognition of his role during the war in the south-west Pacific. 1926 1926 Career event - Student Member (StudIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia 1929 1929 Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Sydney 1930 1931 Career position - Radio Design Engineer, Philips Lamps Australasia Ltd., Sydney 1931 1931 Education - Bachelor of Engineering (BE), University of Sydney 1931 1933 Career position - Research Officer, Radio Research Board, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) 1933 1936 Career position - Walter and Eliza Hall Engineering Research Fellow, University of Sydney 1935 1935 Career event - Junior Member (JrIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia c. 1935 c. 1935 Career event - Member (MInstRE(Aust)), Institution of Radio Engineers (Australia) c. 1935 c. 1935 Career event - Associate Member (AMIRE), Institution of Radio Engineers 1936 1936 Career event - Associate Member (AMIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia 1936 1936 Award - Electrical Association Premium, Institution of Engineers Australia 1936 1941 Career position - Chief Radio Transmission Engineer, S.T.C. Ltd., Sydney 1938 1938 Education - Master of Engineering (ME), University of Sydney 1942 1945 Military service - Second World War. Lieutenant-colonel with the Royal Australian Engineers in the South West Pacific region 19 Jul 1945 19 Jul 1945 Award - Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) - ARMY - Distinguished service in the SW Pacific 1946 1946 Career event - Member (MIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia 1946 1962 Career position - Chief Engineer and Technical Director, S.T.C. Ltd., Sydney 1957 1958 Career position - Chairman, Sydney Division, Institution of Engineers Australia 1962 1968 Career position - Vice-President and Area Technical Director, International Telephone and Telegraph (I.T.T.) Far East & Pacific Inc., Hong Kong 1968 1971 Career position - Managing Director, International Telephone and Telegraph (I.T.T.) Far East & Pacific Inc., Malaysia in Kuala Lumpur 13 Sep 1968 13 Sep 1968 Career event - Fellow (FIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia [Former Members were designated Fellows on this date.] Electrical Association Premium, Institution of Engineers, Australia (1919 - 1975)

Awarded the prize 1936, for the paper "The design of an automatic variable-frequency radio transmitter with automatically tuned receiver, for use in the investigation of radio propagation in the Ionosphere", Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, vol.8, no.11, Nov 1936, pp.403-414

 Standard Telephones and Cables Pty Ltd (1937 - 1970s)

Chief Engineer and Technical Director 1946 - 1962; Chief Radio Transmission Engineer 1936 - 1941.

 Institution of Engineers, Australia (1919 - )

Chairman, Sydney Division, 1957 - 1958

 Wood, Herbert Boyne (1909-)

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 'Wood, Herbert Boyne', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Wood, Herbert Boyne Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: Twenty-third Annual Report [1942] Institution of Engineers Australia Twenty-third Annual Report [1942] 1943 Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia MacLean, E. S. 15 2 35-51 Resource Section: Wood, Herbert Boyne Wood, Herbert Boyne Australian Science Archives Project 1995 Physics in Australia to 1945 R.W. Home, with the assistance of Paula J. Needham Journal Article: Aircraft radio-communication and navigation Wood, H. B. Aircraft radio-communication and navigation 1935 Radio Review of Australia 3-13 Journal Article: The electron and the engineer [Chairman's Address, Sydney Division] Wood, H. B. The electron and the engineer [Chairman's Address, Sydney Division] 1958 Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia 30 9 270-272 Journal Article: A frequency recorder Martyn, D. F.; Wood, H. B. A frequency recorder 1934 Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia 6 10 332-336 Journal Article: A field intensity set Green, A. L.; Wood, H. B. A field intensity set 1933 Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia 5 1 6-13 Journal Article: A method of obtaining uniform amplification in radio frequency coupling circuits Wood, Herbert Boyne A method of obtaining uniform amplification in radio frequency coupling circuits 1932 Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia 4 5 149-158 Journal Article: The design of an automatic variable-frequency radio transmitter with automatically tuned receiver, for use in the investigation of radio propagation in the Ionosphere Wood, H. B. The design of an automatic variable-frequency radio transmitter with automatically tuned receiver, for use in the investigation of radio propagation in the Ionosphere 1936 Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia 8 11 403-414