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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2016-04-06 human Ailie Smith and Helen Cohn updated 2024-12-17 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P005514b.htm person Shea Frederick James AACR2 6 July 1891 6 September 1970 Place of Birth Moonee Ponds, Victoria, Australia Place of Death Mona Vale, New South Wales, Australia Railway engineer Public servant Frederick Shea was a railway engineer who made significant contributions to Australia's railway systems. During 17 years with the Victorian Railways he was involved in the modernisation of the workshops and the electrification of the network. While at the South Australian Railways as Chief Mechanical Engineer he designed three types of locomotive to cope with local conditions. Shea's railways career was interrupted during WWII when he joined the Aircraft Production Commission in 1940 and was responsible for aircraft maintenance and putting much of Australia's industry on a war footing. His return to rail came towards the end of the war when he became director of mechanical engineering under the Commonwealth Government's program to standardise railway gauges across Australia. He later joined locomotive manufacturer Clyde Engineering which named one of their diesel hydraulic locomotives in his honour. 1907 1907 Career event - Apprentice Fitter and Turner, Victorian Railways' workshops, Newport, Victoria 1914 1914 Education - Diploma in mechanical engineering, Working Men's College, Melbourne 1923 1939 Career position - Chief Mechanical Engineer, South Australian Railways 1940 1941 Career position - Manager, Beaufort Division, Aircraft Production Commission, Fishermens Bend, Melbourne 1942 1946 Career position - Director of Aircraft Maintenance, Department of Aircraft Production 1946 1958 Career position - Director of Engineering, Clyde Engineering Co. Pty Ltd 1958 1958 Life event - Retired South Australian Railways, Colony and State of South Australia (1856 - 1974)

Chief Mechanical Engineer 1923 - 1939

 Department of Aircraft Production, Commonwealth of Australia (1941 - 1946)

Director of Aircraft Maintenance 1942 - 1946

 Clyde Engineering Company Pty Ltd (1944 - 1980s)

Director of Engineering 1946 - 1958

 Aircraft Production Commission, Commonwealth of Australia (1940 - 1942)

Manager, Beaufort Division 1940 - 1941

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 Shea, Frederick James (1891-19701231)

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 'Shea, Frederick James', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Shea, Frederick James Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book Section: Shea, Frederick James (1891-1970), railway engineer and public servant Fort, Carol Shea, Frederick James (1891-1970), railway engineer and public servant Melbourne Melbourne University Press 2002 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 16: 1940 - 1980 Pik-Z John Ritchie and Diane Langmore 221-222