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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2001-05-25 human Rosanne Walker; Ken McInnes updated 2026-03-04 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P003993b.htm person Taylor Frederick Leslie Charles AM AACR2 8 November 1919 9 February 2004 Place of Birth Manly, New South Wales, Australia Place of Death Doncaster, Victoria, Australia Engineer Frederick Taylor BSc AM was First Assistant Director-General, Engineering Works Division, Postmaster-General's Department, Canberra and the engineer involved in the Black Mountain Tower in Canberra. From 1975 until 1980 he was the General manager of the engineering department of Telecom. In the mid 1960s he worked on the planning, design and operational features of a major PMG project involving the reconstruction of over 1000 miles of aerial trunk route between Port Augusta and Kalgoorlie, which used a number of constructional techniques not previously used in Australia. [8 November 1919] [9 February 2004] Education - Bachelor of Science, University of Melbourne c. 1938 1940 Career position - Cadet engineer, Postmaster-General's Department 1940 1945 Military service - Second World War. Lieutenant, Signals Lines of Communication (PMG) [Serving within Australia] c. 1958 c. 1960 Career position - Liaison Engineer, Postmaster-General's Department, Office of the Australian High Commissioner, London 1959 1959 Career event - Australian delegate, International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Conference, Geneva 1960s 1960s Career position - Project engineer, Port Augusta to Kalgoorlie aerial trunk telecommunication project c. 1970 c. 1973 Career position - Assistant Director-General, Engineering Works Division, Postmaster-General's Department, Canberra c. 1973 1974 Career position - First Assistant Director-General, Engineering Works Division, Postmaster-General's Department, Canberra 1974 1975 Career position - Director of Post and Telegraphs, Postmaster-General's Department, New South Wales 1975 1980 Career position - General manager, Engineering Department, Telecom Australia, Melbourne 1980 1980 Award - Member of the Order of Australia (AM) - for public Service c. 1980 c. 1980 Life event - Retired from Telecom Australia 1980 c. 1990 Career position - Director, Nippon Electric Company (NEC), Melbourne 1990 1997 Career position - Director, NEC Business solutions Ltd 2004 2004 Buried - Cremated, Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Victoria Taylor, F. L. C.

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 'Taylor, Frederick Leslie Charles', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Taylor, Frederick Leslie Charles Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: Telecommunication facilities between Western Australia and the eastern states Taylor, F. L. C.; Huston, J. A.; and Sayer, G. E. J. Telecommunication facilities between Western Australia and the eastern states 1965 Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia 37 9 219-231 Resource: B884 Citizen Military Forces Personnel Dossiers, 1939-1947 CA 2002, 2 Echelon, Army Headquarters; CA 46, Department of Defence [III], Central Office B884 Citizen Military Forces Personnel Dossiers, 1939-1947 National Archives of Australia, RecordSearch Edited Book: Who's who in Australia 1983 Draper, W.J. Who's who in Australia 1983 24th Melbourne, Victoria Herald and Weekly Times Ltd 1983 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