Historical Database
of Australian Elites

Sir Gordon Colvin Lindesay Clark

Preferred forename Lindesay
Company director
Born
7 January 1896, South Melbourne, Victoria
Died
3 January 1986, Kooyong, Victoria
Sex
Male
Father
Lindesay Colvin Clark [qv]
Mother
Jessie Taylor Meekison
Married Barbara Jane Crosby Walch

Degrees

1916Bachelor of ScienceThe University of Tasmania
1921Bachelor of Mining EngineeringThe University of Melbourne
1923Master of Mining EngineeringThe University of Melbourne

Career

  • DEng hc Melb 1961.
  • LLD hc Monash 1975.
  • FTSE 1975.
  • Mining engineer and company dir.
  • Chairman, Western Mining Corp Ltd.
  • CMG 1961, KBE 1968, AC 1975.

Military service

  • First World War: Lieutenant 1st AIF (MC 1918).

Sources

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