McDONALD, ARTHUR STEPHEN (1891-1955), radio engineer, was born on 6 March 1891 at Swan Hill, Victoria, son of Victorian-born parents John McDonald, bootmaker, and his wife Eliza Mary, née Stevenson. Educated at Swan Hill until 8 and later at primary and secondary schools at Ararat where he boarded with relations, McDonald worked without any formal training as a general mechanical engineer for three years before joining the Postmaster-General's Department in 1910 as a junior instrument setter in the engineering branch. Erection engineer for the Coastal Radio Service from 1911, he transferred with the radio service to the Department of the Navy in 1916 where he was appointed assistant engineer for equipment and in 1918 radio engineer. In 1920 he returned to the P.M.G.'s department.
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Arthur Stephen McDonald had no formal training in engineering, but went on to become Chief Engineer at AWA Ltd. (Amalgamated Wireless Australasia) – the company that took over most of the Commonwealth's radio activities in 1922. During his long tenure at AWA Ltd., McDonald helped establish Australia's broadcasting industry: he set up the construction of the first radio stations and helped establish the beam wireless service between Australia and Britain (1927) and the first commercial use of two-way radio telephone links to overseas. McDonald was a foundation member of the Institution of Radio Engineers, Australia, a Fellow and one-time Vice-President of the Institute of Radio Engineers, United States of America and Vice-President of the Radio & Telephone manufacturers Association.
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