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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2024-07-30 human Ken McInnes updated 2026-04-21 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P007450b.htm person Hutcheson George Ian Dewart CBE AACR2 9 June 1897 1 September 1965 Place of Birth Coleraine, Victoria, Australia Marine engineer Captain George Hutcheson, CBE BE MIEAust MRINA MIMarE, was the Managing Director of Cockatoo Docks and Engineering Co. Pty. Ltd., in charge of Cockatoo Island Dockyard, Sydney, from 1947 until he retired in 1962. He then became Chairman, Vickers Australia Pty. Ltd., and its subsidiary companies: Vickers Ruwolt Pty. Ltd.; Vickers Hoskins Pty. Ltd.; Vickers-Armstrongs (Australia) Pty. Ltd.; and Cockatoo Docks & Engineering Co. Pty. Ltd. During the Second World War, in 1939 as a Commander in the Royal Australian Navy, he was appointed Principal Overseer, Cockatoo Island Dockyard, responsible for the construction of three Tribal Class Destroyers, two Sloops, three Boom Working Vessels, eight Corvettes and two Frigates, and, in addition, the boilers for 46 other Corvettes were produced. A large number of conversions of considerable magnitude were carried out and the Dockyard was used for major repairs to vessels of the Allied Forces. In 1942 he was promoted to Engineer Captain and appointed Engineer Manager, Garden Island Dockyard and General Overseer of Naval Work in Sydney. In 1945 he was appointed Director of Engineering (Naval) at Navy Office, Melbourne until he retired from the Navy in 1947. In 1945 the British Pacific Fleet came to Sydney and, although shore facilities to support it were in course of preparation, they were not ready and it was necessary to use the existing facilities to the fullest extent to keep the Fleet in operation. The Captain Cook Dock was completed and opened and, during its first year, three Battleships and six Fleet Carriers were docked and refitted in it. Action damage to four Fleet Carriers was made good in time to allow them to carry out their operational requirements during this period. He served in an honorary role on many industry and professional bodies including Councillor and President of the Institution of Engineers, Australia; Chairman of the Standards Association of Australia; President of the Metal Trade Employers' Association; President of the New South Wales Chamber of Manufacturers; and local Vice President, Institute of Marine Engineers, London. His distinguished contributions to engineering were recognised when he was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1960; and was awarded the Peter Nicol Russell Memorial Medal in 1962. c. 1965 Career position - Vice-President for Australia, Institute of Marine Engineers, London 1909 1909 Award - Education scholarship, Adelaide High School 1917 1917 Education - Bachelor of Engineering (BE(hons)), University of Adelaide [in lieu of the surrendered degree of Bachelor of Science, and for the Diploma in Applied Science] 1918 1918 Career event - Engineer Sub-Lieutenant, Royal Australia Navy 1918 1919 Career position - Engineer Officer, serving on H.M.A.S. "Australia", Royal Australia Navy c. 1918 1939 Career position - Royal Australian Navy [Many ships and dockyard appointments] 1919 1919 Career event - Foundation Associate Member (AMIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia 1919 1919 Career event - Engineer Lieutenant, Royal Australian Navy 1920 1921 Career position - Engineer Officer, serving on H.M.A.S. "Una", and H.M.A.S."Geranium", Royal Australian Navy 1922 1922 Career position - Second Assistant to Engineer Manager, Garden Island Dockyard, Sydney, Royal Australian Navy 1923 1923 Career position - Loaned to Royal Navy, United Kingdom [for service and training] 1923 1926 Career position - Armament Assistant to the Engineer Manager, Garden Island Dockyard, Sydney, Royal Australian Navy 1926 1926 Career event - Engineer Lieutenant Commander, Royal Australian Navy 1927 1939 Career position - Officer at HMAS "Canberra", HMAS "Stuart", HMAS "Sydney" [as well as a number of dockyard appointments] 1930 1930 Career event - Engineer Commander, Royal Australian Navy 1933 1933 Career position - Loaned to Royal Navy, United Kingdom [for service and training] 1935 1935 Award - King George V Silver Jubilee Medal 1937 1937 Career event - Member (MIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia 11 May 1937 11 May 1937 Award - King George VI Coronation Medal 1939 1942 Career position - Principal Overseer, Cockatoo Island Dockyard, Royal Australian Navy, Sydney 1942 1942 Career position - Engineer Manager, Garden Island Dockyard, Royal Australian Navy 1942 1945 Career position - General Overseer of Naval Work, Sydney, Royal Australian Navy 1943 1943 Career event - Engineer Captain, Royal Australian Navy 1945 1947 Career position - Director of Engineering (Naval), Navy Office, Melbourne 1947 1962 Career position - Managing Director, Cockatoo Docks and Engineering Co Pty Ltd [In charge of Cockatoo Island Dockyard] 1952 c. 1965 Career position - Member of the Technical Advisory Council of New South Wales 1953 1953 Career position - Chairman, Sydney Division, Institution of Engineers Australia 1954 c. 1965 Career position - Member of Council, Institution of Engineers Australia 1956 1965 Career position - Member of Council, New South Wales University of Technology / University of New South Wales 1957 c. 1965 Career position - Chairman, Standards Association of Australia 1960 1960 Career position - President, Institution of Engineers Australia 1960 1960 Award - Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) - in recognition of his outstanding services to the engineering profession c. 1961 c. 1965 Career position - Honorary Treasury, Institution of Engineers Australia 1962 Career position - Chairman, Vickers Australia Pty Ltd [and its subsidiary companies] 1962 1962 Life event - Retired 1962 1962 Career position - Member of the Australian Committee, Lloyds Register of Shipping 1962 1962 Award - Peter Nicol Russell Memorial Medal - Career Achievement Award in Engineering. Institution of Engineers Australia Peter Nicol Russell Memorial Medal, Institution of Engineers, Australia (1922 - )

Awarded the Medal 1962.

 'Hutcheson, George Ian Dewart', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Hutcheson, George Ian Dewart Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Report: Forty-third Annual Report [1962] Institution of Engineers Australia Forty-third Annual Report [1962] 1963 Journal Article: Peter Nicol Russell Memorial Medal: 1962 Award [Captain G. I. D. Hutcheson CBE BE MIEAust] Peter Nicol Russell Memorial Medal: 1962 Award [Captain G. I. D. Hutcheson CBE BE MIEAust] Institution of Engineers, Australia 1962 Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia 34 12 N83 Journal Article: How does a young engineer become a top executive? [Chairman's address, Sydney Division] Hutcheson, G. I. D. How does a young engineer become a top executive? [Chairman's address, Sydney Division] 1953 Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia 25 7-8 140 Journal Article: Presidential address [1961] Hutcheson, G. I. D. Presidential address [1961] 1961 Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia 33 3 53-57 Journal Article: The manufacture in Australia of modern marine steam turbines Hutcheson, G. I. D. The manufacture in Australia of modern marine steam turbines 1954 Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia 26 4-5 80-84 Journal Article: Engineering progress in the Navy and Mercantile Marine Hutcheson, G. I. D. Engineering progress in the Navy and Mercantile Marine 1933 Commonwealth Engineer 20 6 159-163 Journal Article: The president of The Institution for 1960 [Captain G. I. D. Hutcheson] The president of The Institution for 1960 [Captain G. I. D. Hutcheson] 1960 Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia 32 4-5 N37 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: Heinz Harant Horangues : Obituary Captain George Ian Dewart Hutcheson Heinz Harant Horangues : Obituary Captain George Ian Dewart Hutcheson 1965 Tharunka (Kensington, NSW) 10 Newspaper Article: Hutcheson : Warship-mender of "Cockatoo" Hutcheson : Warship-mender of "Cockatoo" 1949 The Daily Telegraph (Sydney) 14 Newspaper Article: Engineer-Captain George Hutcheson : Patcher up of ships Engineer-Captain George Hutcheson : Patcher up of ships 1950 Smith's Weekly (Sydney) 15 Journal Article: Obituary - George Ian Dewart Hutcheson Obituary - George Ian Dewart Hutcheson 1965 Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia 37 10-11 N104