Person

Baker, Walter Ross (1907 - 1978)

Born: 26 October 1907
Hoyleton, South Australia, Australia
Died: 4 May 1978
Occupation: Radio engineer

Summary

Walter Baker worked for the Australian Broadcasting Control Board 1950-1971.

Details

Born Hoyleton, South Australia, 26 October 1907. Died Melbourne, 4 May 1978. Educated University of Adelaide (BE 1931). Engineer, Metropolitan Electricity Company Ltd 1937-41; research officer, CSIRO Division of Radiophysics 1941-42; radio engineer, PMG's Department 1942-49; Australian Broadcasting Control Board 1950-71.

Related Corporate Bodies

CSIR/O Division of Radiophysics, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1940 - 1996)
Research Officer 1941 - 1942

Published resources

Resources

'Baker, Walter Ross (1907-1978)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1476163. Details

Resource Sections

'Baker, Walter Ross', 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/P001593p.htm. Details

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Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 11 June 2025

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