Furthermore
On arrival in Melbourne he joined the Melbourne Round Table group, to become its secretary until his death, and acting Dominion secretary in 1916-19, expressing through this movement and elsewhere his concern for Australia's Imperial war effort. He developed valves for an anti-gas respirator (accepted by the military authorities but not used in action) designed with W. A. Osborne and (Sir) D. O. Masson; he undertook radiographic testing of fuse for the Defence Department and inspected X-ray equipment for military hospitals; but he chafed at the shortage of scientific war-work. In 1918 Mr Justice Higgins engaged him to report on the training and classification of Commonwealth Public Service professional officers.[From ADB entry]
Book of Remembrance entry
Not listed in the Book of Remembrance or on the University of Melbourne Roll of Active Service. Mentioned in the University of Melbourne Calendar 1915-1916 as having given Home Service working with the Commonwealth Advisory Council of Science and Industry whilst working at the University. Professor Laby and his staff did a large amount of X-ray work for the Defence Department.
TIMELINE
-
1880Birth in Creswick -- VIC, Australia 3 May 1880
-
1898Staff at Sydney -- NSW, Australia 1898
-
1901Junior Demonstrator in Chemistry at Camperdown -University of Sydney- NSW, Australia 1901
-
1907Tertiary education at University of Cambridge, Cambridge University, Cambridge, England 1907
-
1909Chair of Physics at Wellington --, New Zealand 1909
-
1912
-
1915Chair of Natural Philosophy at Parkville -University of Melbourne- VIC, Australia 1915
-
1921Tertiary education at University of Cambridge, Cambridge University, Cambridge, England 1921
-
1923
-
1926Dean of Science at Parkville -University of Melbourne- VIC, Australia 1926
-
1929Commonwealth advisor in Radium 1929 - 1937 @ University of Melbourne : Parkville [ VIC Australia ]
-
1931
-
1936Attended Congress of the Universities of the British Empire 1936 at Cambridge University [ Cambridge England ]
-
1939
-
1940Chairman of Optical Munitions Panel(later Scientific Instruments and Optical Panel) 1 Jul 1940 at Melbourne [ VIC Australia ]
-
1946LABY T.H. : Death 21 Jun 1946
| Gender |
|