Person

Wragge, Harry Stewart (c. 1929 - 2023)

AM FTSE HonFIEAust

Born
c. 1929
Died
31 July 2023
Occupation
Electrical engineer

Summary

Harry Wragge, AM FTSE MEngSc BEE HonFIEAust, worked for the Australian Post Office Research Laboratories on digital switching and transmission. The results began to appear as hardware in the network almost twenty years later and soon after that Wragge became Director of the Director of the Telecom (later Telstra) Research Laboratories (TRL), continuing as director until his retirement in 1992

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Chronology

1952
Career event - Student Member (StudIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia
1955
Career event - Graduate Member (GradIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia
1959
Career event - Associate Member (AMIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia
1968
Career event - Member (MIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia [Former Associate Members were designated Members on this date.]
1976 - 1980
Career position - Chairman / Member, National Committee on Electronics and Telecommunications, Institution of Engineers Australia
1987 - 2023
Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (FTSE)
1989
Award - Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for service to telecommunications technology
1990
Award - Kernot Memorial Medal, for distinguished engineering achievement in Australia. Faculty of Engineering, University of Melbourne
1991 - 2023
Award - Honorary Fellow (HonFIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia
1992
Life event - Retired
2001
Award - Centenary Medal - For service to Australian society in telecommunications, information technology and computer science

Published resources

Journal Articles

  • Anon, 'Harry Wragge AM FTSE', Impact: magazine of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, 216 (2024), 64, https://www.atse.org.au/what-we-do/strategic-advice/impact-216/. Details
  • Gerrand, P., 'Harry S. Wragge AM (1929 - 2023): a major contributor to Australian telecommunications.', Journal of telecommunications and the digital economy, 11 (3) (2023), 195-211. https://doi.org/10.18080/jtde.v11n3.787. Details
  • Institution of Engineers Australia, 'Champion of the cause [Kernot Memorial Medal]', Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 62 (24) (1990), 38. 1990 Kernot Memorial Medal was awarded to Harry Wragge, director of Telecom Research Laboratories. [includes biographical notes]. Details
  • Institution of Engineers Australia, 'Six new Honorary Fellows [Gordon Colebatch, Robert J. Mierisch, Ian Shedden, Walter Stamm, John Paul Wild, Harry S. Wragge]', Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 63 (2) (1991), 38. Details

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See also

Rosanne Walker; Ken McInnes

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