Person
Norman, Edwin Philip (1887 - 1971)
MC
- Born
- March 1887
Scone, New South Wales, Australia - Died
- 28 June 1971
Wellington, New Zealand - Occupation
- Engineer
Summary
Edwin Norman worked as an engineer on both the Queensland and Melbourne harbour schemes during the 1910s and 1920s. During his career he wrote at least one scientific article.
Details
Chronology
- 1909
- Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Sydney
- 1911
- Education - Bachelor of Engineering (BE), University of Sydney
- 1912 - 1921
- Career position - Engineer, Queensland Department of Harbours and Rivers
- 1915 - 1919
- Military service - First World War. Captain, 1st Field Company Engineers, Australian Imperial Force
- 1917
- Award - Military Cross (MC)
- 1921 - 1926
- Career position - Engineer, Melbourne Harbor Trust
- 1926 - 1952
- Career position - Town Clerk, Wellington, New Zealand
Related entries
Published resources
Resources
- CA 2001 Australian Imperial Force, Base Records Office, 'NAA: B2455, Norman Edwin Philip', 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=8002765. Details
- 'Norman, Edwin Philip (1887-1971)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1473740. Details
Resource Sections
- 'Norman, Edwin Philip', 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/P001772p.htm. Details
Gavan McCarthy; Ken McInnes
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 19 March 2025
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