P002175
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AU-VU:EOAS
Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation
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person
Forrest
James Alexander
Kt FAA
AACR2
10 March 1905
26 September 1990
Place of Birth
Kerang, Victoria, Australia
Place of Death
Malvern, Victoria, Australia
Company director
Lawyer
Sir James Forrest completed a five-year articled clerks' course at the University of Melbourne and was admitted to practice in 1930. Three years later he was admitted to partnership in Hedderwick Fookes & Alston and began to consolidate his reputation as an outstanding young commercial lawyer. In 1950 Forrest was invited to join the board of Australian Consolidated Industries Ltd. and in 1953 he became Chairman. He went on to become Director of many other companies and organisations. In 1977 Forrest was elected a special Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (FAA).
1923
1923
Career position - Filing Clerk at Hedderwick Fookes & Alston
1925
1929
Education - Five-year articled clerks' course, University of Melbourne
1930
1930
Career position - Admitted to practice (as a Barrister and Solicitor)
1933
c. 1950
Career position - Partner in Hedderwick Fookes & Alson
c. 1940
c. 1945
Military service - Second World War. Flight Lieutenant in the Royal Australian Air Force Intelligence section
1945
1957
Career position - Director of the branch Board of the AMP Society
1950
1953
Career position - Board member, Australian Consolidated Industries Ltd.
1950
1959
Career position - Board member of the predecessor of the National Bank of Australasia Ltd.
1953
1977
Career position - Chairman, Australian Consolidated Industries Ltd.
1957
1977
Career position - Chairman of the branch Board of the AMP Society
1961
1977
Career position - Director, AMP Society Board
10 Jun 1967
10 Jun 1967
Award - Knight Bachelor (Kt) - in recognition of service to the community
1969
1980
Career position - Chairman, National Bank of Australia
1970
Career position - Board member, Western Mining Corporation
1970
Career position - Chairman, Alcoa of Australia Ltd.
1977
1977
Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Science (FAA)
1 Aug 1977
1 Aug 1977
Award - Queen's Silver Jubilee Medal
Australian Academy of Science (1954 - )
Fellow 1977 - 1990
Western Mining Corporation Ltd (1933 - 1996)
Director 1970 -
Alcoa of Australia Ltd (1961 - )
Chairman 1970 -
Australian Consolidated Industries Ltd (ACI) (1939 - 1982)
Chairman 1953 - 1977
Wikidata
Forrest, James Alexander (1905-1990)
Trove
'Forrest, James Alexander', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology
Forrest, James Alexander
Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation
Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation
Journal Article: James Alexander Forrest 1905-1990
Rogers, D. W.
James Alexander Forrest 1905-1990
1991
Historical Records of Australian Science
8
4
245-248
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