Brain, Vivian James Foxton

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B.E., M.I.E.Aust. : Lieutenant, 8th Field Coy., Engineers, A.I.F., France. Commissioned 3rd September, 1917, after being for two years Engineer Officer in camps, and sailing 17th November, joined coy. in France 16th April, 1918, serving until demobilisation. Promoted lieutenant 23rd May, 1918. Chief Electrical Engineer, Public Works Department. Early education at Sydney Grammar School.

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Early education at Sydney Grammar School, Darlinghurst, Sydney, Australia
1922

Tertiary education at University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia 1922
1929

Electrical Engineer at New South Wales -- NSW, Australia 1 May 1929
1930

Chief Electrical Engineer at New South Wales -- NSW, Australia 13 June 1930
1931

Consulting Electrical Engineer at New South Wales -- NSW, Australia 2 January 1931
1934

Member of the Electricity Advisory Committee 9 Nov 1934 at New South Wales [ NSW Australia ]
1943

Regional Controller at New South Wales -- NSW, Australia 13 March 1943
1946

Chairman and Permanent Head at New South Wales -- NSW, Australia 29 November 1946
1951

Deputy Emergency Electricity Commissioner at New South Wales -- NSW, Australia 25 May 1951
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Assistant Engineer at United States Of America --, USA
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Assistant Engineer at United States Of America --, USA
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Assistant Engineer at United States Of America --, USA
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Member of Institution of Engineers Australia
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Member of Electricity Supply Association of Australia
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Enlisted
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Military service as Lieutenant at France --, France
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Chairman of the Australian National Committee of the World Power Conference
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Member of the Scientific Advisory Committee of the Australian Atomic Energy Commission
1957

Death in Sydney -- NSW, Australia 12 June 1957

Gender

Male

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