Person
Angwin, Hugh Thomas Moffitt (1888 - 1949)
CMG
- Born
- 8 October 1888
Angaston, South Australia, Australia - Died
- 12 September 1949
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia - Occupation
- Engineer and Public servant
Summary
Engineer Hugh Thomas Moffit Angwin was engineer-in-chief of the Engineering and Water Supply Department of South Australia from 1935 to 1949.
During this time he designed and oversaw the construction of vital infrastructure including above-ground water pipelines, sewage treatment facilities, reservoirs, barrages, dams, irrigation drainage plans and floodwater schemes.
Details
Chronology
- 1910
- Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Adelaide
- 1911 - 1917
- Career position - Draftsman, Public Works Department, South Australia
- 1912
- Award - Angas Engineering Scholarship, University of Adelaide
- 1912
- Education - Diploma of Electrical Engineering (DipEE), South Australian School of Mines and Industries (FSASM)
- 1912 - 1913
- Career position - Engineering Assistant, Ealing to Shepherds Bush Railway, London. Under R Lloyd Roberts MInstCE.
- 1913
- Education - Bachelor of Engineering (BE), University of Adelaide [BSc surrendered]
- 12 Jan 1915
- Career event - Associate Member (AssocMInstCE), Institution of Civil Engineers, London
- 1917 - 1919
- Military service - Soldier in the Australian Imperial Force
- 1919 - 1924
- Career position - Assistant resident engineer, River Murray Works, Locks 1, 9, 5. Stationed at Blanchetown
- 1924 - 1930
- Career position - Assistant constructing engineer, River Murray Works, Adelaide
- 1926
- Career event - Member (MIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia
- 1930 - 1935
- Career position - Chief engineer, South Australian Harbors Board, Adelaide
- 14 Jan 1930
- Career event - Member (MInstCE), Institution of Civil Engineers, London
- 1935
- Career position - Chairman, Adelaide division, Institution of Engineers, Australia
- 1935 - 1944
- Career position - Engineer-in-chief, Engineering and Water Supply Department, Adelaide
- 1937 -
- Career position - Foundation member, Australian National Committee on Large Dams
- 1944
- Award - Companion to the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG)
- 1945 - 1949
- Career position - Chairman of the Electricity Trust, South Australia
- 1946 - 1949
- Career position - Deputy-commissioner, River Murray Commission
Related entries
Published resources
Books
- 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), 241 pp. pp.16-17. Details
Book Sections
- Edgar, Suzanne, 'Angwin, Hugh Thomas Moffitt (1888-1949), Engineer and Public Servant' in Australian Dictionary of Biography, John Ritchie, ed., vol. 13 (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1993), pp. 59-60. http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/angwin-hugh-thomas-moffitt-9368. Details
Edited Books
- Gibbney, H. J.; and Smith, Ann G. eds, A Biographical register 1788-1939 : notes from the name index of the Australian Dictionary of biography. (2 volumes) (Canberra: Australian Dictionary of Biography, 1987), 429 pp. p.16. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q21539188. Details
- CA 2001 Australian Imperial Force, Base Records Office, 'NAA: B2455, Angwin H T M', B2455 First Australian Imperial Force Personnel Dossiers, 1914-1920, National Archives of Australia, RecordSearch, https://RecordSearch.naa.gov.au/scripts/AutoSearch.asp?O=I&Number=3033908. Details
- Institution of Civil Engineers, London, 'Application: 14534, 1914', Civil Engineer Membership Forms, 1818-1930, ancestry.com, https://www.ancestry.com.au/search/collections/3585/. Details
- 'Angwin, Hugh Thomas Moffitt (18881008-19490912)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1469626. Details
Rebecca Rigby
Created: 1 February 2012, Last modified: 3 October 2012