Person
Veale, William Charles Douglas (1895 - 1971)
CBE MC DCM
- Born
- 16 May 1895
Bendigo, Victoria, Australia - Died
- 17 August 1971
North Adelaide, South Australia, Australia - Occupation
- Engineer and Surveyor
Summary
Brigadier William Veale, CBE MC DCM FIEAust, served as City Engineer and Surveyor for the City of Adelaide 1926-1947 and then as Town Clerk 1947-1965. He published papers on various aspects of municipal engineering.
Details
Chronology
- 6 Feb 1918
- Award - Distinguished Conduct Medal (DCM) - For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty
- 1 Feb 1919
- Award - Military Cross (MC) - Engineers, 7 Field Company
- 1926
- Career event - Associate Member (AMIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia
- 1932 - 1933
- Career position - Chairman, Adelaide Division, Institution of Engineers, Australia
- 1933
- Career event - Member (MIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia
- 10 Jun 1954
- Award - Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) - Town Clerk of Adelaide
- 13 Sep 1968
- Career event - Fellow (FIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia [Former Members were designated Fellows on this date.]
Archival resources
Adelaide City Council Archives
Published resources
Book Sections
- Thornton, Robert, 'Veale, William Charles Douglas (1895-1971), soldier, engineer and town clerk' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 16: 1940 - 1980 Pik-Z, John Ritchie and Diane Langmore, eds (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 2002), pp. 445-446. https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/veale-william-charles-douglas-11918. Details
Journal Articles
- Eaton, John Henry Osborn; Farrent, T. A.; Chapman, R. W.; Jenkinson, H. G.; Robin, R. C.; Clark, E. V.; Chapman, R. H.; Brookman, J. K.; Veale, W. C. D., 'Mount Bold Storage. Adelaide metropolitan water supply (Discussions and communications)', Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 5 (6) (1933), 192. Details
- Eaton, John Henry Osborn; Farrent, T. A.; Veale, W. C. D., 'Mount Bold Storage. Adelaide metropolitan water supply (Discussions and communications)', Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 5 (5) (1933), 175. Details
- Moon, Allan Ramsay; Veale, W. C. D.; Stobie, J. C.; Cotton, A. F.; Hursthouse, C. F.; Gibb, A. J.; Chapman, W. D.; Lang, E., 'Control of quality in electrically welded steel structures (Discussions and communications)', Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 2 (11) (1930), 434-435. Details
- Veale, W. C. D., 'The construction of Adelaide Bridge (Discussions and communications)', Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 4 (11) (1932), 386-. Details
- Veale, W. C. D., 'The construction of Adelaide Bridge', Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 4 (2) (1932), 37-. Details
- Veale, W. C. D., 'The romance of the road', Commonwealth Engineer, 20 (6) (1933), 173-176. Details
- Veale, W. C. D., 'Chairman's Address [Adelaide Division] - Development in Municipal Government in the metropolitan area of Adelaide, during the past 20 Years', Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 5 (9) (1933), 351-353. Details
- Veale, W. C. D., 'Air raid precautions, concerning the civil population', Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 11 (1) (1939), 15-26, 27, 28. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q18109267. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/92710046. Details
- 'Veale, W C D (1895-1971)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-533943. Details
Gavan McCarthy; Ken McInnes
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 4 February 2026
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