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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2025-12-18 human Ken McInnes updated 2025-12-18 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P007931b.htm person Wilton Richard Gladstones AACR2 30 October 1892 23 June 1946 Place of Birth Adelaide, South Australia, Australia Place of Death Adelaide, South Australia, Australia Civil engineer Richard Wilton, AMIEAust, was an engineer in the Engineering and Water Supply Department, South Australia from 1925, rising to be Engineer for Water Supply in 1943, and Deputy Engineer-in-chief when he died in 1946. 1912 1917 Career position - Assistant engineer, Barmera, Irrigation Department, South Australia 1915 1917 Military service - First World War. Captain, 10th and 50th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force [Seriously wounded in action] 1917 1925 Career position - Draughtsman, Hydraulic Engineer's Office, Irrigation Department, South Australia [Assistant engineer, Cobdogla and Chaffey Works] 1920 1920 Career event - Associate Member (AMIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia 1925 1934 Career position - Resident engineer, Central and South-East District, Engineering and Water Supply Department, South Australia 1934 1943 Career position - Resident engineer, Central District, Engineering and Water Supply Department, South Australia 1941 1941 Publication - Book: "Elementary principles of pipe line flow" 1943 1945 Career position - Engineer for Water Supply, Engineering and Water Supply Department, South Australia [succeeded the late C. G. F. Johnson; succeeded by J. R. Dridan] 1945 1946 Career position - Deputy Engineer-in-chief, Engineering and Water Supply Department, South Australia [succeeded by J. R. Dridan] South Australian Engineering and Water Supply Department, State of South Australia (1930 - 1995)

Deputy Engineer-in-chief 1945 - 1946; Engineer for Water Supply 1943 - 1945.

 Wilton, John Raymond (1884 - 1944) 'Wilton, Richard Gladstones', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Wilton, Richard Gladstones Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Newspaper Article: Death of Mr. R. G. Wilton - was Engineer for Water Supply Death of Mr. R. G. Wilton - was Engineer for Water Supply 1946 The Advertiser 6 Journal Article: The development of the Adelaide water supply system (Discussions and communications) Wilton, Richard Gladstones; Farrent, T. A. The development of the Adelaide water supply system (Discussions and communications) 1930 Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia 2 5 170-171 Journal Article: The development of the Adelaide water supply system (Discussions and communications) Wilton, Richard Gladstones; Farrent, T. A. The development of the Adelaide water supply system (Discussions and communications) 1930 Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia 2 8 305 Journal Article: Use of garden sprinklers Wilton, Richard Gladstones Use of garden sprinklers 1943 Commonwealth Engineer 131-135 Journal Article: Town water supply installation at Naracoorte Wilton, Richard Gladstones Town water supply installation at Naracoorte 1940 Commonwealth Engineer 83-90 Book: Elementary principles of pipe line flow Wilton, Richard Gladstones Elementary principles of pipe line flow Adelaide, South Australia Government Printer 1941 Journal Article: The Kingscote and Bordertown water supplies Wilton, Richard Gladstones The Kingscote and Bordertown water supplies 1940 Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia 12 1 11-19 Journal Article: The development of the Adelaide water supply system Wilton, Richard Gladstones The development of the Adelaide water supply system 1929 Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia 1 12 429-438 Edited Book: They built South Australia : engineers, technicians, manufacturers, contractors and their work Cumming, D. A.; Moxham, G. C. They built South Australia : engineers, technicians, manufacturers, contractors and their work Adelaide D.A. Cumming and G.C Moxham 1986 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 Edited Book: Who's who in Australia 1944 Alexander, John A. Who's who in Australia 1944 12th Melbourne, Victoria The Herald and Weekly Times Ltd 1944