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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2024-10-22 human Ken McInnes updated 2026-03-24 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P007519b.htm person Aston Frank Joseph AACR2 16 February 1906 13 December 1995 Place of Birth Adelaide, South Australia, Australia Place of Death Woden Valley Hospital, Australian Capital Territory, Australia Electrical engineer Frank Aston, DipEE FIEAust, was Chief Engineer, Power Supply, Electricity Commission of New South Wales. During the 1930s he was the Electrical engineer, Victorian State Coal Mine, Wonthaggi, Victorian Railways Commission.

Associated Works:
* Bunnerong Power Station;
* Victorian State Coal Mine, Wonthaggi;
* Lake Illawarra Power Station 1949.

1929 1929 Career event - Student Member (StudIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia c. 1930 c. 1933 Career position - Assistant engineer-in-charge, Bunnerong Power Station, Electricity Department, Municipal Council of Sydney, New South Wales 1931 1931 Education - Diploma in Electrical Engineering (DipEE), Sydney Technical College [honours and bronze medal] 1933 1933 Career event - Associate Member (AMIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia c. 1933 1940 Career position - Electrical engineer, Victorian State Coal Mine, Wonthaggi, Victorian Railways Commission 1940 1942 Career position - Superintendent engineer (Electrical and Mechanical), Australian Consolidated Industries Ltd. 1942 1943 Military service - Second World War. Pilot officer, Royal Australian Air Force 1949 1949 Career position - Superintendent, Engineering and Mechanical equipment division, Works and Local Government, New South Wales 1952 1952 Career event - Member (MIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia 13 Sep 1968 13 Sep 1968 Career event - Fellow (FIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia [Former Members were designated Fellows on this date.] 1984 1984 Award - 50-year-membership plaque, Canberra division, Institution of Engineers Australia 'Aston, Frank Joseph', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Aston, Frank Joseph Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book: The Tallawarra Power Station Project of the Southern Electricity Supply of New South Wales Thornton, J. G.; Saxby, C. A., and Aston, F. J. The Tallawarra Power Station Project of the Southern Electricity Supply of New South Wales Sydney New South Wales Department of Public Works 1950 Journal Article: Planning the development of the electricity supply industry in New South Wales Aston, F. J.; Wilson, J. Planning the development of the electricity supply industry in New South Wales 1964 Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia 36 12 295-308 Journal Article: The Victorian State Coal Mine, Wonthaggi Aston, F. J. The Victorian State Coal Mine, Wonthaggi 1936 Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia 8 9 343-348 Resource: A9300 RAAF Officers Personnel files, 1921-1948 CA 778, Air Services Branch; CA 35, Department of Air, Central Office A9300 RAAF Officers Personnel files, 1921-1948 National Archives of Australia, RecordSearch