Engineering Heritage Australia (Victoria)
in association with the
Society of Military Engineering
| Speaker: | R. T. Beaton (Lt. Col. Retd.) |
| Place: | Rooms A & B, Ground Floor IEAust Building,
21 Bedford Street, North Melbourne |
| Time: | 5.30 for 6.00 pm. |
The speaker, Terry Beaton, is a mechanical engineer, graduating from Duntroon into the Corps of the Royal
Australian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers. During a posting to Thailand as the Military Mechanical
Engineering Advisor, he became interested in the Burma Railway and began researching and writing on its
history.
After moving to the Inactive Reserve, he became, in 1999, the first Australian Curator of the Australian
Governmentıs Memorial Museum at Hellfire Pass on the Burma Railway close to the Thai-Burma border.
Since returning to Australia in late 2001, he has maintained his research interest in the railway while acting
as a consultant to businesses operating in Asia, and is now writing a book to be entitled "The Travellerıs
Guide to the Burma Railway."
| Presented By: | Engineering Heritage Australia (Victoria) in association with the Society of Military Engineering. | |||
| Cost: | No Charge | |||
| Registration: | Not required | |||
| Contact Details: | ehv@engineersaustralia.org.au | |||