Person
Ross, Hugh Alexander Mercer (1911 - 1986)
- Born
- 24 August 1911
London, England - Died
- 11 April 1986
late of Wahroonga, New South Wales, Australia - Occupation
- Radio engineer
Summary
Hugh Ross worked as a research officer and later as a Senior Research Scientist at the National Standards Laboratory, CSIR/O from 1949 - 1973.
Details
Chronology
- 1937
- Education - Diploma Radio Engineering (ASTC), Sydney Technical College
- 1938 - 1948
- Career position - Engineer, Amalgamated Wireless (Australasia) Ltd (AWA)
- 1942 - 1945
- Military service - Second World War. Citizens Military Force
- 1946
- Career event - Associate Member (AMIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia
- 1949 - 1973
- Career position - Research officer, later Senior Research Scientist, National Standards Laboratory, CSIR/O
- 13 Sep 1968
- Career event - Member (MIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia [Former Associate Members were designated Members on this date.]
Related entries
Published resources
Resources
- CA 2002, 2 Echelon, Army Headquarters; CA 46, Department of Defence [III], Central Office, 'NAA: B884, N233654', B884 Citizen Military Forces Personnel Dossiers, 1939-1947, National Archives of Australia, RecordSearch, https://RecordSearch.naa.gov.au/scripts/AutoSearch.asp?O=I&Number=6154166. Details
- 'Ross, Hugh Alexander Mercer (1911-)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1473507. Details
Resource Sections
- 'Ross, Hugh Alexander Mercer', 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/P001797p.htm. Details
Gavan McCarthy; Ken McInnes
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 7 January 2026
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