Person

McCormack, William Thomas Bartholomew (1879 - 1938)

Born
1 January 1879
Heathcote, Victoria, Australia
Died
23 January 1938
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Occupation
Civil engineer and Public servant

Summary

William McCormack was a member, and later Chairman of the Victorian Country Roads Board, from its commencement in 1913 until his death in 1938. By 1920, in conjunction with the inaugural Chairman William Calder, was responsible for survey, design and supervision of road construction, bridges on 6000 miles of main roads and 10,000 miles of subsidiary roads.

Details

Chronology

1893 - 1896
Education - Bendigo School of Mines and Survey
1897 - 1901
Career position - Pupilage under agreement, John Kelly CE and Licensed Surveyor
1902 - 1907
Career position - Engineer, Shire of Mirboo, Victoria
1907
Career event - Granted Certificate of Qualification as Engineer (CE), Local Government Act 1906 NSW [Certificate No.12]
1907 - 1908
Career position - Engineer, Lockhart Shire, NSW
1908
Career position - Engineer, Korumburra Shire, Victoria
1909 - 1913
Career position - First Assistant Engineer, Roads Bridges and Harbours Branch, Public Works Department, Victoria
c. 1913
Career position - Honorary Lecturer, Engineering, University of Melbourne
1913 - 1928
Career position - Member, Country Roads Board Commission, Victoria
1916 - 1917
Military service - Major, 10th Field Company, Engineers, Australian Military Forces
1917 - 1918
Military service - Acting Commanding Royal Engineer, 3rd Division. [Under Major General Sir John Monash]
1918
Award - Croix de Guerre, France.
1919
Career event - Foundation Associate Member (AMIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia
1919 - 1922
Career position - Supervising Engineer, Great Ocean Road, Country Roads Board, Victoria
1920
Career event - Member (MIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia
14 Dec 1920
Career event - Member (MInstCE), Institution of Civil Engineers, London
1924
Career position - Acting Chairman, Country Roads Board, Victoria
1928 - 1938
Career position - Chairman, Country Roads Board, Victoria

Related Corporate Bodies

Related People

  • Calder, William (1860 - 1928)

    William McCormack was a pall-bearer at William Calder's funeral, 1928.

  • Monash, John (1865 - 1931)

    In the First World War, Major William McCormack was Acting Commander Royal Engineers, 3rd Divison, under Major General Sir John Monash. John Monash MInstCE endorsed McCormack's nomination for MInstCE 1918, balloted in 1920.

  • Waitt, Frank William Foster (1895 - 1989)

    William McCormack MInstCE, endorsed Frank Waitt's nomination for AssocMInstCE 1926. Frank served under him in the First World War.

Published resources

Book Sections

  • Langmore, Diane, 'McCormack, William Thomas Bartholomew (1879-1938), civil engineer and public servant' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 10: 1891 - 1939 Lat-Ner, Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle, eds (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1986), pp. 235-236. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A100225b.htm. Details

Gazette Articles

Journal Articles

  • 'Memoirs', Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 11 (1939), 440-441. Major William Thomas Bartholomew McCormck, C. de G., MIEAust. p.440. Details
  • East, L. R. (editor), 'One hundred years of engineering in Victoria.', Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 6 (10) (1934), 353-420. 'Country Roads and Bridges' pp.361-363. Details

Resources

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