Person
Kirkpatrick, Mervyn Stewart (1923 - 2007)
- Born
- 10 April 1923
Coonable, New South Wales, Australia - Died
- 22 July 2007
South Australia, Australia - Occupation
- Radiophysicist
Summary
Mervyn Kirkpatrick (Kirk) worked for Weapons Research Establishment, Department of Supply (later Defence Research Centre, Salisbury, South Australia) from 1951, rising in 1978 to Chief Superintendent, Electronics Research Laboratory. During the 1960s Kirkpatrick was responsible for the technical operation of space tracking stations in Australia.
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Kirkpatrick worked at the Weapons Research Establishment (later known as the Defence Research Centre) for much of his life. He started there in 1951 and by 1878 was Chief Superintendent of the Electronics Research Laboratory. During the 1960s Kirkpatrick was responsible for the technical operation of space tracking stations in Australia. Prior to this, he obtained a Bachelor of Science (BSc) from the University of Sydney and spent several years working in the UK.
Chronology
- 1943 - 1947
- Military service - Second World War - Australian Army South-West Pacific Area and British Commonwealth Occupation Force
- 1948 - 1950
- Career position - Research and development work at the Radar Research and Development Establishment in Malvern, England
- 1951 - 1954
- Career position - Radar and Radio Doppler Technology Researcher at the Weapons Research Establishment (WRE)
- 1955 - 1961
- Career position - Principal Officer in WRE's Electronic Instrument Group
- 1962 - 1963
- Career position - Superintendent of the Trials Division at WRE
- 1963 - 1968
- Career position - Superintendent of the American Projects Division
- 1968 - 1975
- Career position - Deputy Director (Trials) of WRE
- 1975 - 1978
- Career position - Chief Superintendent of the Applied Physics Wing
- 1978 -
- Career position - Chief Superintendent of the Electronics Research Laboratory at the Defence Research Centre (formerly WRE)
Published resources
Resources
- CA 2002, 2 Echelon, Army Headquarters; CA 46, Department of Defence [III], Central Office, 'NAA: B883, NX174899', 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=5583196. Details
- 'Kirkpatrick, Mervey Stewart (1923-)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1475875. 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_k.html. Details
- Wisdom, John, A History of Defence Science in Australia (Melbourne: Defence Science and Technology Organisation, 1995), 267 pp. Details
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Created: 25 May 2001, Last modified: 17 January 2024
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