Hannay, Alexander Keith (Keith) (1914 - 2008)

Summary

Keith Hannay worked for the Bureau of Meteorology for 39 years, and was Regional Director, Victoria, from 1959 until his retirement in 1976.

Details

Chronology

c. 1935

Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Sydney

1937 - 1976

Career position - Joined the Bureau of Meteorology

1938 - 1939

Career position - Worked at the meteorological office at Rose Bay Base and Mascot Airport, New South Wales

1941 - 1946

Military service - Second World War. Served in the Royal Australian Air Force Meteorological Service

1947 - 1953

Career position - Senior Meteorologist at the New South Wales regional office

1954 - 1959

Career position - Supervising Meteorologist at the Central Analysis Office in Melbourne

1959 - 1976

Career position - Regional Director for Victoria

1976

Life event - Retired

Published resources

Books

• Hannay, K., Some Recollections of Service in the Commonwealth Bureau of Meteorology and RAAF Meteorological Service: Mascot and Rose Bay (1938 to 1940): Sojourn in the Far East (1942), Metarch Papers No. 6 (Bureau of Meteorology, 1994). Details

Resources

• CA 778, Air Services Branch; CA 35, Department of Air, Central Office, 'NAA: A9300, HANNAY A K', A9300 RAAF Officers Personnel files, 1921-1948, National Archives of Australia, RecordSearch, https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/scripts/AutoSearch.asp?O=I&Number=5250078. Details
• 'Hannay, A K (19140322-)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-639643. Details

Resource Sections

• Hannay, K., 'Some Recollections of Service in the Commonwealth Bureau of Meteorology and RAAF Meteorological Service: Mascot and Rose Bay (1938 to 1940): Sojourn in the Far East (1942)', in Federation and Meteorology, 2001, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/fam/0339.html. Details

See also

• Federation and Meteorology, 2001, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/fam/index_h.html. Details