Witt, Sidney Herbert (1892-1973)

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communications engineer; electrical engineer; Electrical engineer
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WITT, SIDNEY HERBERT (1892-1973), electrical engineer, was born on 12 March 1892 at Windsor, Melbourne, son of Australian-born parents Herbert Horatio Witt, broker, and his wife Mathilde Laura Ida, née Schultze. Educated in Melbourne, he joined the Commonwealth Postmaster-General's Department as a junior instrument fitter, electrical engineer's branch, on 10 February 1910. By completing training courses and displaying innovative skills, he became an assistant-engineer in December 1913.

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Sidney Herbert Witt joined the Postmaster-General's Department in 1910 as a junior instrument fitter. He became the first head of the Research Laboratories 1923-45.

Born Windsor, Victoria, 12 March 1892. Junior Instrument Fitter, Postmaster-General's Department 1910-12, Professional Engineer 1913-19, Divisional Engineer, Headquarters Administration 1919-24, Supervising Engineer in charge of Research 1923-45. Sometime Chairman, Victorian Division, Institute of Radio Engineers, Australia.

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  1. Witt, Sidney Herbert (1892-1973), Electrical EngineerAustralian Dictionary of Biography John Ritchie and Diane Langmore 16 574-575 : Witt, Sidney Herbert (1892-1973), Electrical Engineer
    Moyal, Ann
    [2002]
    Published: Melbourne University Press
  2. Technology in Australia 1788-1988
    Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering
    [2000]
    Published: Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre
    Series: http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/tia/

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