Person

Angwin, Hugh Thomas Moffitt (1888 - 1949)

CMG

Born
8 October 1888
Angaston, South Australia, Australia
Died
12 September 1949
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Occupation
Engineer and Public servant

Summary

Engineer Hugh Thomas Moffit Angwin was engineer-in-chief of the Engineering and Water Supply Department of South Australia from 1935 to 1949.

During this time he designed and oversaw the construction of vital infrastructure including above-ground water pipelines, sewage treatment facilities, reservoirs, barrages, dams, irrigation drainage plans and floodwater schemes.

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Chronology

1910
Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Adelaide
1911 - 1917
Career position - Draftsman, Public Works Department, South Australia
1912
Award - Angas Engineering Scholarship, University of Adelaide
1912
Education - Diploma of Electrical Engineering (DipEE), South Australian School of Mines and Industries (FSASM)
1912 - 1913
Career position - Engineering Assistant, Ealing to Shepherds Bush Railway, London. Under R Lloyd Roberts MInstCE.
1913
Education - Bachelor of Engineering (BE), University of Adelaide [BSc surrendered]
12 Jan 1915
Career event - Associate Member (AssocMInstCE), Institution of Civil Engineers, London
1917 - 1919
Military service - Soldier in the Australian Imperial Force
1919 - 1924
Career position - Assistant resident engineer, River Murray Works, Locks 1, 9, 5. Stationed at Blanchetown
1924 - 1930
Career position - Assistant constructing engineer, River Murray Works, Adelaide
1926
Career event - Member (MIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia
1930 - 1935
Career position - Chief engineer, South Australian Harbors Board, Adelaide
14 Jan 1930
Career event - Member (MInstCE), Institution of Civil Engineers, London
1935
Career position - Chairman, Adelaide division, Institution of Engineers, Australia
1935 - 1944
Career position - Engineer-in-chief, Engineering and Water Supply Department, Adelaide
1937 -
Career position - Foundation member, Australian National Committee on Large Dams
1944
Award - Companion to the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG)
1945 - 1949
Career position - Chairman, Electricity Trust, South Australia
1946 - 1949
Career position - Deputy-commissioner, River Murray Commission

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Published resources

Books

  • Cumming, D. A.; Moxham, G. C., They built South Australia : engineers, technicians, manufacturers, contractors and their work (Adelaide: D.A. Cumming and G.C Moxham, 1986), 241 pp. pp.16-17. Details

Book Sections

Edited Books

  • Gibbney, H. J.; and Smith, Ann G. eds, A Biographical register 1788-1939 : notes from the name index of the Australian Dictionary of biography. (2 volumes) (Canberra: Australian Dictionary of Biography, 1987), 429 pp. p.16. Details

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