Person

Espie, Frank Fancett (1890 - 1962)

Born: 1890
Died: 1962
Occupation: Mining engineer

Related Awards

The Institute Medal, Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (1935 - )
Awarded the Medal 1953. "In recognition of his professional work in Burma and in Western Australia and his leadership in the safe transference of the Burma Corporation staff in 1944 through Japanese occupied territory."

Published resources

Book Sections

Ralph, Gilbert, 'Espie, Frank Fancett (1890-1962), mining engineer' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 14: 1940 - 1980 Di-Kel, John Ritchie, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1996), pp. 104-105. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A140118b.htm. Details

Resources

Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q24240178. Details
'Espie, Frank Fancett (1890-19621231)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1466646. Details

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