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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2024-06-26 human Ken McInnes updated 2026-04-01 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P007406b.htm person Doyle Alec Broughton CBE AACR2 5 October 1888 30 June 1984 Place of Birth 'Invermien', Scone, New South Wales, Australia Place of Death Boggabilla, New South Wales, Australia Naval commander Marine engineer Alec Doyle, CBE BE MIEAust, Engineer Rear-Admiral, Royal Australian Navy, played a major role in overseeing the design, construction, commissioning, refitting and repair of Navy ships between 1933 and 1948. His entire career from 1912 to 1948 was as an officer with the Navy, almost since its inception in 1911. He was Engineer Manager and General Overseer, Commonwealth Naval Yard, Garden Island before the Second World War. During the war his responsibilities expanded enormously to include work at Cockatoo Dockyards and other yards, including Morts Dock, Poole and Steele, with the building of Sloops, Boom Vessels, Tribal Class Destroyers, Mine-Sweepers and conversion of Merchant ships. In 1944 he was responsible for the new destroyer building program that utilised innovative prefabrication and welding methods for the construction of major warships. During the war, many ships of both Australian and allied Navies were repaired in Sydney. The fact that Sydney functioned so effectively as a Naval Base during the war was largely due to Doyle's leadership, professional influence, and example. His distinguished achievements were recognised when he was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1937 and was awarded the Peter Nicol Russell Memorial Medal in 1953. 1911 1911 Education - Bachelor of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, (BE (Mech & Elec)), University of Sydney 1912 1913 Career position - Engineer Sub-Lieutenant, Royal Australian Navy [trained at HMS Falmouth, and appointed to HMAS Melbourne then building] 1913 1914 Career position - Engineer Lieutenant, Royal Australian Navy [trained at Portsmouth Dockyard, appointed to the Battle Cruiser HMAS Australia then building at Clydebank, and during its commission] 1914 1916 Military service - First World War. Engineer Officer, HMAS Parramatta, Royal Australian Navy 1916 1919 Military service - First World War. Senior Engineer Officer, HMAS Encounter, Royal Australian Navy 1919 1919 Career event - Foundation Associate Member (AMIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia 1919 1920 Career position - Senior Engineer, Acting Engineer Lieutenant-Commander HMAS Australia, Royal Australian Navy 1920 1921 Career position - Engineer Officer, Williamstown Naval Depot, Royal Australian Navy 1921 1921 Career event - Promoted Engineer Lieutenant-Commander, Royal Australian Navy 1921 1924 Career position - Second Assistant, then First Assistant, to Engineer Manager, Garden Island Naval Dockyard, Sydney 1923 1923 Career event - Promoted Engineer Commander, Royal Australian Navy 1924 Career position - Engineer Commander and Fleet Engineer Officer, in HMAS Sydney, Royal Austarlian Navy 1925 Career position - Overseer, supervising the building of the sea-plane carrier HMAS Albatross, Cockatoo Dockyard, Sydney 1929 1932 Career position - Squadron Engineer Officer, in Cruiser HMAS Australia and HMAS Canberra, Royal Australian Navy 1933 1933 Career position - Loaned to Royal Navy, for service and training 1933 1942 Career position - Engineer Manager, Garden Island Dockyard, Sydney [General Overseer of Naval contract work, engineering, shipbuilding and repair, in NSW] 1934 1934 Career event - Promoted to Engineer Captain, Royal Australian Navy 1934 1939 Career position - Member, and nominee of the Naval Board, Australian Commonwealth Shipping Board 1936 1936 Career event - Member (MIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia 11 May 1937 11 May 1937 Award - King George VI Coronation Medal 11 May 1937 11 May 1937 Award - Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) - Royal Australian Navy - Interwar Honours List [King George VI Coronation] 1942 1942 Career event - Appointed Director of Engineering (Naval), Naval Office, Melbourne 1943 1948 Career position - Engineer Rear-Admiral, and Third Naval Member and Chief of Construction, Royal Australian Navy 1948 1948 Life event - Retired 1950 1950 Career position - Member, Manpower Allocation Committee, Commonwealth of Australia 1952 1952 Career position - Chairman, Sydney Division, Institution of Engineers Australia 1953 Career position - National Councillor, Institution of Engineers Australia 1953 1953 Award - Peter Nicol Russell Memorial Medal - Career Achievement Award in Engineering. Institution of Engineers Australia Institution of Engineers, Australia (1919 - )

Councillor 1953 - ; Chairman, Sydney Division 1952;

 Peter Nicol Russell Memorial Medal, Institution of Engineers, Australia (1922 - )

Awarded the Medal 1953.

 Royal Australian Navy, Commonwealth of Australia (1911 - )

Engineer Rear-Admiral 1943 - 1948; Engineer Captain 1934 - 1943.

 'Doyle, Alec Broughton', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Doyle, Alec Broughton Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Report: Thirty-fourth Annual Report [1953] Institution of Engineers Australia Thirty-fourth Annual Report [1953] 1954 Journal Article: Peter Nicol Russell Memorial Medal: 1953 Award [Eng Rear-Admiral A. B. Doyle, CBE BE MIEAust] Peter Nicol Russell Memorial Medal: 1953 Award [Eng Rear-Admiral A. B. Doyle, CBE BE MIEAust] 1953 Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia 25 12 253 Journal Article: Repairs to lap joint failures of water pockets of Yarrow boilers (Discussions and communications) Doyle, A. B. (Sinclair, W.; Daniell, F. H.; Herbert, D. P.; Lacey, M. J.) Repairs to lap joint failures of water pockets of Yarrow boilers (Discussions and communications) Sydney, NSW Institution of Engineers Australia 1925 Transactions of the Institution of Engineers, Australia 4 263-270 Journal Article: Engineering in primary production [Chairman's Address to Sydney Division] Doyle, A. B. Engineering in primary production [Chairman's Address to Sydney Division] 1953 Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia 25 9 163 - 174 Journal Article: Repairs to lap joint failures of water pockets of Yarrow boilers Doyle, A. B. Repairs to lap joint failures of water pockets of Yarrow boilers Sydney, NSW Institution of Engineers Australia 1925 Transactions of the Institution of Engineers, Australia 4 74-98 Resource: A6769 Service Cards for Navy Officers, 1911-1970 CA 38, Navy Office [IV], Department of the Navy [II]; CA 46, Department of Defence [III], Central Office A6769 Service Cards for Navy Officers, 1911-1970 National Archives of Australia, RecordSearch Newspaper Article: Honours List [Coronation Awards - National] Honours List [Coronation Awards - National] 1937 Sydney Morning Herald 12 Book Section: Chapter 6: Ship building and repair Evans, Vaughan Chapter 6: Ship building and repair Crows Nest, New South Wales Engineers Australia 1989 Sydney: from settlement to city: an engineering history of Sydney Don Fraser 123-150