Person

Callow, Joseph Royal (1910 - 1947)

Born: 29 January 1910
Warragul, Victoria, Australia
Died: 6 August 1947
Parkville, Victoria, Australia
Occupation: Electrical engineer

Summary

Joseph Callow was an electrical engineer with the State Electricity Commission of Victoria 1932-1947.

Details

Masters thesis topic for Joseph Royal Callow thought to be: "The alternating vortices in the wake of cylinders in a stream of fluid", but not yet located.

Chronology

1927: Career event - Student Member (StudIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia
1932: Education - Bachelor of Electrical Engineering (BEE), University of Melbourne
1932 - 1939: Career position - Engineer, State Electricity Commission of Victoria
1936: Career event - Junior Member (JrIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia
1940 - 1945: Military service - Major, Australian Army Design Directorate
1941: Education - Master of Electrical Engineering (MEE), University of Melbourne
1945: Career event - Associate Member (AMIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia
1945 - 1947: Career position - Engineer, State Electricity Commission of Victoria

Related Corporate Bodies

State Electricity Commission of Victoria, State of Victoria (1921 - c. 1993)
Engineer 1932 - 1939; 1945 - 1947

Published resources

Journal Articles

Bate, E.; Callow, J. R., 'The quantitative determination of the energy involved in the vibration of cylinders in an air stream', Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 6 (1934), 149-162. Details
Prentice, S. A.; Callow, J. R.; Miller, W. W., 'Radio interference from high tension transmission lines', Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 7 (1935), 253-260. Details

Resources

CA 2002, 2 Echelon, Army Headquarters; CA 46, Department of Defence [III], Central Office, 'NAA: B883, VX14650', B883 Second Australian Imperial Force Personnel Dossiers, 1939-1947, National Archives of Australia, RecordSearch, https://RecordSearch.naa.gov.au/scripts/AutoSearch.asp?O=I&Number=6220176. Details
'Callow, Joseph Royal (1910-1947)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1475437. Details

Resource Sections

'Callow, Joseph Royal', 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/P001618p.htm. Details

McCarthy, G.J.; Ken McInnes

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