Person

Fletcher, Harold Oswald (1903 - 1996)

Polar Medal

Born
26 February 1903
New South Wales, Australia
Died
3 August 1996
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation
Palaeontologist

Summary

Harold Fletcher was Curator of Palaeontology, Australian Museum, Sydney from 1941 and Deputy Director 1956-1967 after having joined the museum in 1918. He was a member of the British, Australian New Zealand Antarctic Research Expeditions (BANZARE) 1929-1930, 1930-1931.

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Chronology

1929 - 1930
Career position - Assistant biologist, British, Australian New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (BANZARE)
1930 - 1931
Career position - Assistant biologist, British, Australian New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (BANZARE)
1934
Award - Polar Medal, British, Australian New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (BANZARE) 1929-1931
1941 -
Career position - Curator of Palaeontology, Australian Museum, Sydney
1949
Career position - Honorary Abstractor (Geology/Palaeontology), Australian Science Abstracts, Australian National Research Council
1956 - 1957
Career position - Deputy Director, Australian Museum, Sydney

Related Corporate Bodies

Archival resources

National Library of Australia Oral History Collection

  • Harold Oswald Fletcher - Records, 1918 - 1975, DeB 818-820; National Library of Australia Oral History Collection. Details

Published resources

Books

  • Fletcher, Harold Oswald, Antarctic Days with Mawson: a Personal Account of the British, Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition of 1929-31 (London: Angus & Robertson, 1984), 313 pp. Details

Newspaper Articles

Resources

Gavan McCarthy; Ken McInnes

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