Person
Badenach, Roy Mervyn (1898 - 1957)
- Born
- 6 January 1898
Zeehan, Tasmania, Australia - Died
- 19 July 1957
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - Occupation
- Engineer
Summary
Roy Badenach worked for the Department of Civil Aviation 1939-1957. He was Assistant Director-General (Ground Facilities) 1953-1957.
Details
Chronology
- 1916 - 1925
- Career position - Trainee engineer, Postmaster General's Department
- 1918 - 1919
- Military service - First World War. 2nd Air Mechanic, Australian Flying Corps [Also trained in telephony and telegraphy, with Engineer-in-chief, GPO London]
- 1925 - 1939
- Career position - Engineer, Postmaster General's Department
- 1935
- Career event - Associate Member (AMIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia
- 1939 - 1957
- Career position - Engineer, Department of Civil Aviation
- 1949
- Career event - Member (MIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia
- 1953
- Award - Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal
- 1953 - 1957
- Career position - Assistant Director General (ground facilities), Department of Civil Aviation
Related entries
Published resources
Journal Articles
- Badenach, Roy Mervyn, 'Telecommunication services for civil aviation', Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 9 (10) (1937), 413-421. Details
Resources
- CA 2001 Australian Imperial Force, Base Records Office, 'NAA: B2455, Badenach R 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=3043931. Details
- 'Badenach, Roy Mervyn (1898-1957)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1476169. Details
Resource Sections
- 'Badenach, Roy Mervyn', in Physics in Australia to 1945, R.W. Home, with the assistance of Paula J. Needham, Australian Science Archives Project, June 1995, http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/physics/P001589p.htm. Details
Gavan McCarthy; Ken McInnes
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 11 November 2025
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