Walters, Frederick John (1889 - 1962)

Summary

Frederick John Walters, OBE CE LS AMIEAust FISAust, was a well known and highly regarded practicing surveyor and consulting engineer in Melbourne.

He partnered with Lieut. E. L. G. Creswell in the firm of Walters and Creswell, consulting municipal engineers. They were consultants to many towns and municipalities throughout Victoria. These included Broadmeadows, Keilor, Upper Yarra, Healesville, Bulla, Mulgrave, Doncaster and Templestowe and the City of Williamstown; many Waterworks Trusts including Yarra Junction, Wesburn, St.Arnaud, Beaufort, Healesville, Marysville, Keilor, and St. Albans; many Sewerage Authorities; as well as conducting an extensive urban and rural survey practice.

Partnering with Scott & Furphy, from 1935 to 1954, Walters was involved with town surveys to enable houses to be connected to sewerage systems.

During the Second World War, he was Construction Manager for Victoria of the Allied Works Council, and as Chairman of the Melbourne Division of The Institution of Engineers Australia, he acted as Liaison Officer between The Institution of Engineers and the Departments of Supply and Development, Munitions, Army and Interior, and was Chairman of the Technical Manpower Advisory Committee. During this period he was associated with the construction of aerodromes and major defence installations.

After the war, he formed a partnership with Major M. J. Lea, in the firm Walters and Lea, and they acted as consultants and engineers to many authorities.

From 1948, Walters acted as the Engineer Member of the National Capital Planning and Development Committee, advising the Government on the planning and development of Canberra.

His service was recognised when he was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1959, and was elected a Fellow of the Institution of Surveyors Australia in 1960.

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Chronology

1908

Career position - Training as a Civil Engineer and Surveyor, Muntz and Muntz, Consulting engineers and surveyors

1911

Career event - Licensed Surveyor (LS), Registered under the Land Surveyors Act 1895

1911 - 1916

Career position - Senior assistant, A. K. T. Sambell, Consulting Engineer

1916

Career event - Granted Certificate as Engineer of Water Supply, under Irrigation Act 1886 VIC

1916

Career position - Engineer to the Shire of Healesville

1919

Career position - Engineer to the Shire of Upper Yarra

1919

Career event - Member, Victorian Institute of Surveyors

1920 -

Career position - Partnership, with Lieut. E. L. G. Creswell, in the firm of Walters and Creswell, consulting municipal engineers

1921 -

Life event - Toured Europe and America

1932

Career event - Associate Member (AMIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia

1935 - 1954

Career position - Partnered with Scott and Furphy, trading as Scott Furphy and Walters, consulting engineers and surveyors

1939 -

Career position - Chairman, Municipal Branch, Melbourne Division, Institution of Engineers Australia

1941 - 1945

Career position - Construction Manager for Victoria of the Allied Works Council

c. 1941 - c. 1945

Career position - Chairman, Technical Manpower Advisory Committee

1945 -

Career position - Partnership, with Major M. J. Lea, in the firm of Walters and Lea, Consulting engineers

1948 -

Career position - Engineer member, National Capital Planning and Development Committee

c. 1948

Career position - Chairman, Melbourne Division, Institution of Engineers Australia

1959

Award - Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) -

1960

Career event - Fellow, Institute of Surveyors Australia

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Published resources

Journal Articles

• 'Obituary: Frederick John Walters', Australian Surveyor (1963), 504-505. Details