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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1997-06-30 human Rosanne Walker updated 2026-02-20 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P002543b.htm person Allen Alfred James AACR2 1892 4 May 1981 Place of Birth New Zealand Applied chemist Alfred Allen was the founder and managing director of Tarac Industries. The company made products, including cream of tartar, from the parts of the grapes not used in wine making. During 1941-1945 he produced over 1 million gallons of power alcohol, which was used to keep the taxis running. Prior to this Allen was a Student analyst with the Victorian Department of Agriculture, assistant pathologist with the Department of Public Health and researcher at the Commonwealth Serum Laboratories where he worked on the production of tetanus antitoxin and insulin. He graduated in Applied Chemistry at the Working Men's College in Melbourne and represented Victoria at the Australian Hockey Championships of 1922 and 1923. Allen was also Worshipful Master at the Barossa Masonic Lodge in South Australia and a PGS of the Grand Lodge of South Australia. 1918 1919 Military service - War service with the Australian Imperial Force in Rabaul, New Guinea 1919 1930 Career position - Researcher at the Commonwealth Serum Laboratories (CSL) 1930 Career position - Tarac Industries established 1938 1938 Career position - Worshipful Master at Barossa Masonic Lodge 1946 1946 Career position - President, Royal Australian Chemical Institute, South Australian branch Allen, Alfred James (1892-19810504)

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 'Allen, Alfred James', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Allen, Alfred James Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: Twenty Five Years in the RACI Spurling, T.H. Twenty Five Years in the RACI Royal Australian Chemical Institute 1992 Chemistry in Australia 59 198-199 Resource: B2455 First Australian Imperial Force Personnel Dossiers, 1914-1920 CA 2001 Australian Imperial Force, Base Records Office B2455 First Australian Imperial Force Personnel Dossiers, 1914-1920 National Archives of Australia, RecordSearch