Person
Bethell, Peter Sedgfield (1922 - 2017)
- Born
- 1 December 1922
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - Died
- 4 July 2017
Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia - Occupation
- Electrical engineer
Summary
Peter Bethell, BSc DPA MIEAust, was a member of the team which developed a Teleprinter Reperforator Switching System, 'TReSS,' in 1959. The system involved storing all messages on perforated tape at the Chief Telegraph Office in capital cities and forwarding to nominated post offices or printergram terminals when switching equipment, links and receiving equipment were available for transmission.
Details
Chronology
- 1940 - 1945
- Career position - Clerk, Postmaster-General's Department, Melbourne
- 1943 - 1945
- Military service - World War 2. Private, Australian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers Corps (AEME)
- 1945 - 1949
- Career position - Cadet engineer, Postmaster-General's Department, Melbourne
- c. 1949
- Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Melbourne [??]
- 1949 - 1951
- Career position - Engineer, Telegraph Maintenance Division, Postmaster-General's Department, Victoria
- 1952 - 1962
- Career position - Engineer, Telegraph Section, Headquarters, Postmaster-General's Department, Melbourne
- 1962
- Education - Diploma in Public Administration (DPA), University of Melbourne
- 1962 - 1965
- Career position - Liaison Engineer, Postmaster-General's Department, Australia House, London
- 1963
- Career event - Associate Member (AMIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia
- c. 1965 - 1975
- Career position - Senior engineer, Planning Branch, Postmaster General's Department, Melbourne [Responsible for Traffic engineering]
- 1968
- Career event - Member (MIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia [Former Associate Members were designated Members on this date.]
- 1975 - c. 1987
- Career position - Superintending engineer, Engineering Department, Planning Division, Planning Services Branch, Postmaster General's Department, Melbourne
- 1976
- Career event - Eighth International Teletraffic Conference, Melbourne
- c. 1987
- Life event - Retired
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Published resources
Journal Articles
- Bethell, P. S., 'The Eighth International Teletraffic Congress', Telecommunication Journal of Australia, 27 (2) (1977), 173-180, http://www.coxhill.com/trlhistory/media/Telecommmunication%20Journal%20of%20Australia/The%20Telecommunication%20Journal%20of%20Australia%20Vol%2027%20No%202%201977.pdf. Peter Bethell was one of the organisers of the Congress. Details
Resources
- CA 2002, 2 Echelon, Army Headquarters; CA 46, Department of Defence [III], Central Office, 'NAA: B883, VX145529', B883 Second Australian Imperial Force Personnel Dossiers, 1939-1947, National Archives of Australia, RecordSearch, https://RecordSearch.naa.gov.au/scripts/AutoSearch.asp?O=I&Number=6668070. Details
- 'Bethell, P.', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1476884. Details
See also
- Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, Technology in Australia 1788-1988, Online edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, 3 May 2000, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/tia/index_b.html. Details
Rosanne Walker; Ken McInnes
Created: 25 May 2001, Last modified: 9 November 2023
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