Person
Griffith, Sturt De Burgh (1905 - 1979)
AFC
- Born
- 15 August 1905
Manly, New South Wales, Australia - Died
- 14 December 1979
Concord, New South Wales, Australia - Occupation
- Engineer, Journalist and Patent attorney
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Chronology
- 1925 - 1945
- Career position - Cadet, rising to Group Captain, Royal Australian Air Force
- c. 1926 -
- Career position - Patent attorney, Griffith & Hassel, Patent attorneysl
- 1928
- Education - Bachelor of Engineering (BE), University of Sydney
- 1929
- Career event - Junior Member (JrIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia
- 1932 -
- Career position - Partner, Griffith & Hassel, Patent attorneys
- 1932 - 1951
- Career position - Councillor, Institute of Patent Attorneys of Australia
- 1 Jan 1942 - 1 Jan 1942
- Award - Air Force Cross - 22 Squadron RAAF
- 1942 - 1945
- Military service - Second World War. Squadron Leader, Royal Australian Air Force
- 1945 - c. 1950
- Career position - Patent and trademark attorney
- 1947 - 1948
- Career position - President, Institute of Patent Attorneys of Australia
- c. 1950 - c. 1976
- Career position - Motoring correspondent, The Sydney Morning Herald
- 1954
- Career event - Associate Member (AMIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia
Published resources
Book Sections
- Daw, E.D., 'Griffith, Sturt De Burgh (1905-1979), engineer, patent attorney, air force officer and journalist' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 14: 1940 - 1980 Di-Kel, John Ritchie, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1996), pp. 332-333. https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/griffith-sturt-de-burgh-10369. Details
Journal Articles
- Griffith, Sturt de Burgh, 'Patent law and the engineer', Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 6 (5) (1934), 172-175. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q21538336. Details
- CA 778, Air Services Branch; CA 35, Department of Air, Central Office, 'NAA: A9300, GRIFFITH S D', A9300 RAAF Officers Personnel files, 1921-1948, National Archives of Australia, RecordSearch, https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/scripts/AutoSearch.asp?O=I&Number=205709939. Details
- CA 778, Air Services Branch; CA 35, Department of Air, Central Office, 'NAA: A9300, GRIFFITH S D', A9300 RAAF Officers Personnel files, 1921-1948, National Archives of Australia, RecordSearch, https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/scripts/AutoSearch.asp?O=I&Number=205709938. Details
- CA 778, Air Services Branch; CA 35, Department of Air, Central Office, 'NAA: A9300, GRIFFITH S D', A9300 RAAF Officers Personnel files, 1921-1948, National Archives of Australia, RecordSearch, https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/scripts/AutoSearch.asp?O=I&Number=5260665. Details
- 'Griffith, Sturt de Burgh (1905-19791231)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1466718. Details
Ailie Smith; Ken McInnes
Created: 6 April 2016, Last modified: 21 July 2026