Pollock, James Arthur

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Returned to Australia and resumed his scientific work in acoustics based on his war experiences and worked on plans for the present physics building with Prof Leslie Wilkinson.He has a carillon bell (no.32) named in his honour, donated by his friends and university colleagues Prof Vonwiller, Major Booth MC, Dr GH Briggs

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D.Sc., F.R.S., B.E. (Queen's Coll., Cork), Professor of Physics : Major, Mining Battn., A.I.F., attached 177th Coy. R.E., B.E.F., France, and R.A.F., England. Enlisting 1st January, 1916, and sailing 20th February, served as Geophysics Officer in charge of The Mining School at Proven near Poperinghe, forming there a military physics laboratory. Sound waves through the earth were studied by means of the geophone, a new French invention, and instruments were designed by himself and other distinguished scientists. Officers and N.C.O.'s were efficiently trained in the use of these, occasional visits to Hill 60 via Hell Fire Corner being necessary. Our mines were thus saved from being exploded by camouflets (heavy charges fired underground without breaking the surface), the positions of the enemy's countermines located and we were enabled to drive long tunnels under German mines without being discovered. Twenty-two enormous mines were exploded on the morning of 7th June, 1917

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1865

Birth in Cork --, Ireland 17 November 1865
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Early education at Manchester Grammar School, Manchester, England
1884

Tertiary education at Queen's College, Cork, Ireland 1884
1886

Astronomical Assistant at Sydney -- NSW, Australia 1886
1889

Tertiary education at University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia 1889
1890

Demonstrator in Physics at Camperdown -University of Sydney- NSW, Australia 1890
1899

Professor of Physics at Camperdown -University of Sydney- NSW, Australia 1899
1906

Tertiary education at University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia 1906
1909

Member of Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science since 1909
1916

Military service as Major at France --, France ; Wingate, England --, United Kingdom ; Proven -The Mining School-, Belgium 1 January 1916
1916

Member of Royal Society London since 1916-11-02
1916

Enlisted 1 Jan 1916
1919

Returned to Australia 1 Apr 1919
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David, Tannatt William Edgeworth
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Military award: Mentioned in Despatches on
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Member of Royal Society of NSW
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Member of Australian National Research Council
1922

Death in Sydney -- NSW, Australia 24 May 1922

Gender

Male

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