Person

Press, Henry William Harman

Occupation
Engineer

Summary

Henry Press was Chief Engineer and a Director at Gibson Battle (Melbourne) and their subsidiary, J.L. Scotts and Son.

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Apprentice, Williamstown Dockyard 1916-21, employed first as a draughtsman and eventually as Chief Engineer and a Director at Gibson Battle (Melbourne) and their subsidiary, J.L. Scotts and Son 1922-66.

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