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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2001-05-25 human Rosanne Walker; Ken McInnes updated 2025-11-05 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P003373b.htm person Bethell Peter Sedgfield AACR2 1 December 1922 4 July 2017 Place of Birth Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Place of Death Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia Electrical engineer Peter Bethell, BSc DPA MIEAust, was a member of the team which developed a Teleprinter Reperforator Switching System, 'TReSS,' in 1959. The system involved storing all messages on perforated tape at the Chief Telegraph Office in capital cities and forwarding to nominated post offices or printergram terminals when switching equipment, links and receiving equipment were available for transmission. 1940 1945 Career position - Clerk, Postmaster-General's Department, Melbourne 1943 1945 Military service - World War 2. Private, Australian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers Corps (AEME) 1945 1949 Career position - Cadet engineer, Postmaster-General's Department, Melbourne c. 1949 c. 1949 Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Melbourne [??] 1949 1951 Career position - Engineer, Telegraph Maintenance Division, Postmaster-General's Department, Victoria 1952 1962 Career position - Engineer, Telegraph Section, Headquarters, Postmaster-General's Department, Melbourne 1962 1962 Education - Diploma in Public Administration (DPA), University of Melbourne 1962 1965 Career position - Liaison Engineer, Postmaster-General's Department, Australia House, London 1963 1963 Career event - Associate Member (AMIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia c. 1965 1975 Career position - Senior engineer, Planning Branch, Postmaster-General's Department, Melbourne [Responsible for Traffic engineering] 13 Sep 1968 13 Sep 1968 Career event - Member (MIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia [Former Associate Members were designated Members on this date.] 1975 c. 1987 Career position - Superintending engineer, Engineering Department, Planning Division, Planning Services Branch, Postmaster-General's Department, Melbourne 1976 1976 Career event - Eighth International Teletraffic Conference, Melbourne c. 1987 c. 1987 Life event - Retired Edwards, B.

Member of the team which developed a Teleprinter Reperforator Switching System, 'TReSS,' in 1959.

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 'Bethell, Peter Sedgfield', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Bethell, Peter Sedgfield Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: The Eighth International Teletraffic Congress Bethell, P. S. The Eighth International Teletraffic Congress Telecommunication Society of Australia 1977 Telecommunication Journal of Australia 27 2 173-180 Resource: B883 Second Australian Imperial Force Personnel Dossiers, 1939-1947 CA 2002, 2 Echelon, Army Headquarters; CA 46, Department of Defence [III], Central Office B883 Second Australian Imperial Force Personnel Dossiers, 1939-1947 National Archives of Australia, RecordSearch Resource: Technology in Australia 1788-1988 Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering Technology in Australia 1788-1988 Online Melbourne Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre 2000