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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2005-10-05 human Annette Alafaci updated 2025-02-12 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P004622b.htm person Malcomson Thomas James AACR2 10 May 1909 7 November 1994 Place of Birth Collingwood, Victoria, Australia Place of Death Preston, Victoria, Australia Engineer Thomas Malcomson was a member of the Ministry of Munitions for over thirty years. In 1940 he joined the Engineering Division and was Project Manager in the Ordnance Production Directorate for four years during the war. In this role Malcomson helped establish an Optical Munitions Industry which produced previously unavailable precision optical components and assemblies for weapons for use by the British and Australian troops. In 1946 he left the Ministry for the private industry but returned eighteen months later as an Engineer (Grade 1) at the Ordnance Factory in Maribyrnong. In 1953 Malcomson was promoted to Senior Engineer and at some time during the next eight years spent three-and-a-half months as Acting Engineer-in-Charge at the Sydney office of the Ordnance Section. However, in 1961 due to a major restructure at both the Bendigo and Maribyrnong Ordnance Factories Maclomson was demoted to Technical Officer because of a technicality and his lack of formal qualifications. Despite this, he continued with the Ministry and even spent the first few months training his replacement. In 1967 the Director of the Ordnance Supply Branch made a formal request to have Malcomson re-instated as an Engineer, but the outcome of this request is unknown. Malcomson retired in 1972. 1933 1937 Career position - Fitter at Johns & Waygood Ltd., South Melbourne 1937 1938 Career position - Fitter(?) at Holeproof Ltd., Brunswick 1938 1939 Career position - Moved to New Zealand for eight months and worked as a Fitter at Reid New Zealand Rubber Mills Ltd (three months) April 1938 August 1938 Career position - Fitter at Filtration and Water Softening Pty. Ltd. (five months) 1940 1941 Career position - Engineer in the Tool and Jig Section of the Engineering Division at the Government Ordnance Factories 1941 1942 Career position - Assistant Project Supervisor of Optical Munitions at the Production Division of the Government Ordnance Factories c. 1942 c. 1942 Career position - Attended the Optical Munitions Panel Meeting, University of Sydney 1942 1943 Career position - Project Supervisor (Grade 1) of Optical Munitions at the Government Ordnance Factories 1943 1943 Career position - Project Supervisor (Grade 2) of Optical Munitions at the Government Ordnance Factories (five months) 1943 1946 Career position - Senior Project Supervisor of Optical Munitions at the Government Ordnance Factories August 1943 14 September 1946 Career position - Member of the Scientific Instruments and Optical Panel 1 September 1944 14 September 1946 Career position - Secretary, Optical Industry Advisory Panel (Secondary Industries Commission) 28 February 1945 28 February 1945 Notes on the Australian Optical and Fine Instrument Industry report written 1946 1947 Career position - Works Manager at the F. & R. Tough works in Perth (18 months) 1948 1951 Career position - Engineer (Grade 1) at the Ordinance Factory in Maribyrnong, Victoria 1951 1952 Career position - Engineer (Grade 3) at the Ordnance Section Central Office (five months) 1952 1961 Career position - Senior Engineer with the Ordnance Section Central Office 1961 c. 1967 Career position - Technical Officer then Senior Technical Officer at the Mechanical sub-section 1972 1972 Career position - Retired from the Ministry on the Commonwealth Medical Officer's recommendation Malcomson, Thomas James (1909-1994)

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 'Malcomson, Thomas James', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Malcomson, Thomas James Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book: The Role of Science and Industry, Australia in the War of 1939-1945, Volime 5 of Series 4 (Civil) Mellor, D. P. The Role of Science and Industry, Australia in the War of 1939-1945, Volime 5 of Series 4 (Civil) Canberra Australian War Memorial 1958 Phillip Garth Law - Records National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection Phillip Garth Law - Records MS 9458 1940 - 1980 A large collection of personal records including: personal and biographical material 1932-1987 (6 boxes); diaries of his voyages 1947-1966; small diaries and pocket diaries for overseas trips 1944-1983; lectures, talks and broadcasts 1940s-1983 (8 boxes); manuscripts for books and articles 1940s-1980s (4 boxes); Antarctic correspondence 1948-1986 (8 boxes); general correspondence 1941-1987 (8 boxes); Anatarctic photographs 1947-1987; family and general photographs 1914-1987; institutional photographs 1941-1980; scrapbooks and scrapbook material 1947-1987; audio tapes 1970-1988. A detailed guide to the collection is available from the Australian Science Archives Project. 14.6 m, 78 boxes, 7 folio boxes Artwork, Audio, Photographs