TANK CONSTRUCTION
AUSTRALIAN CONTROLLER MELBOURNE. July 10.; The Minister of Munitions. Senator j P. Mcßride, to-day announced the appointment of Air. A. R. Code as ! controller of tank and armoured 1 fighting vehicle, construction. Mr. Code is technical adviser to the . Vacuum Oil Company of Australasia. » and the company is making his ser- ! vices available for the duration of; the war. A native of Australia. Mr. Code j qualified in mechanical engineering j at Melbourne University. He began • his professional career in association ; with Mr. A. G. Michell. who is world j famous as the inventor of the Michell , thrust bearing, which makes possible ; high speeds at sea by the reduction , of propeller shaft speeds from tur- j bines of high horse-power. Mr Code joined the Vacuum Com- ! pany in 192!) and became chief engii neer of the automotive division in i 1931 Since December. 1940. he has I been chairman of the machine-gun carrier maintenance panel in the ' Ministry of Munitions.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 166, 16 July 1941, Page 7
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