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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2012-01-31 human Rebecca Rigby updated 2024-10-16 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P004933b.htm person Allen Arthur Max MC AACR2 21 February 1891 28 November 1979 Place of Birth Leichhardt, New South Wales, Australia Place of Death Concord, New South Wales, Australia Surveyor Soldier Public servant Arthur Max Allen was surveyor-general of New South Wales between 1937 and 1956. During World War II he acted first as state survey liaison officer, coordinating the production of maps vital to military strategy and in 1942 was named deputy-director of survey at First Australian Army headquarters, Toowoomba, Queensland. 1908 1913 Career position - Cadet Draughtsman at the Department of Lands, Tamworth then Armidale c. 1913 Career position - Temporary salaried surveyor, Orange and Goulburn 1915 1916 Military service - Officer in the Australian Imperial Force, fighting in Syria and Palestine 1916 1917 Military service - Lieutenant in the Australian Imperial Force 1917 1918 Military service - Captain in the Australian Imperial Force 1918 1918 Award - Awarded the Military Cross 1920 1920 Career position - Staff surveyor, Cooma 1924 1928 Career position - State migration officer at the Commonwealth government's Migration and Settlement Office, London 1928 1931 Career position - Appointed to the Metropolitan Land Board 1931 1931 Career event - Promoted to senior surveyor, Metropolitan Land Board 1931 1934 Career position - Councillor of the Institution of Surveyors, New South Wales 1934 1949 Award - Fellow, Institution of Surveyors, New South Wales 1935 1937 Career position - Vice-president of the Institution of Surveyors, New South Wales 1937 1942 Career position - Surveyor-general of New South Wales 1938 Award - Fellow, Commonwealth Institute of Valuers 1942 1943 Career position - Temporary lieutenant colonel and deputy-director of survey at First Australian Army headquarters, Toowoomba, Queensland. 1943 1945 Career position - State director of postwar reconstruction and development, New South Wales 1945 1956 Career position - Chairman, Closer Settlement Advisory Board 1949 Award - Life Member of the Institution of Surveyors, New South Wales 1957 1961 Career position - Foundation member and president of the Lane Cove National Park Trust

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 'Allen, Arthur Max', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Allen, Arthur Max Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book Section: Allen, Arthur Max (1891-1979), surveyor-general and soldier Atchison, John Allen, Arthur Max (1891-1979), surveyor-general and soldier Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1993 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 13: 1940 - 1980 A-De John Ritchie 31-32 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 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