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Carne, Walter Mervyn (1885 - 1952) |
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| Botanist and Plant pathologist | ||
| Born: 16 September 1885 Croydon, New South Wales, Australia. Died: 20 November 1952 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. | ||
| Walter Mervyn Carne was supervisor of fresh fruit and vegetable exports for the Victorian Department of Commerce and Agriculture 1941-50. Earlier he worked as a plant pathologist for CSIR in Western Australia and Tasmania 1929-41. He was the son of Joseph Edmund Carne and the brother of Alan McArthur Carne. |
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| Born Sydney, 16 September 1885. Died Sydney, 20 November 1952. Educated Sydney Technical College. Laboratory assistant, Hawkesbury Agricultural College 1906-11; scientific cadet, Department of Agriculture 1912-13; assistant agrostologist, Department of Agriculture 1914-15; 2nd Light Horse Field Ambulance in the Middle East 1915-19; science master, Hawkesbury Agricultural College 1921-22; economic botanist and plant pathologist, Western Australian Department of Agriculture 1923-29, senior plant pathologist, Commonwealth Council for Scientific and industrial Research 1929-38; seconded to the Department of Commerce and Agriculture in Melbourne as supervisor of fresh fruit and vegetable exports 1938-41; joined the staff of the department 1941-50. |
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