Duigan, John Robertson, 1882-1951

LC control no.	no2013035373
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Duigan, John Robertson, 1882-1951 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Birth date	18820531
Death date	19510611
Place of birth	Vic.
Place of death	Ringwood, Vic.
Affiliation	Australia. Australian Army. Australian Flying Corps Australia. Royal Australian Air Force
Profession or occupation	Aviator Electrical engineer
Found in	A flying life: John Duigan and the first Australian aeroplane, 2010: page vii (John Robertson Duigan; built and flew the first all-Australian aeroplane; his aviation career spanned just a decade, from 1908-1918) page 2-3 (born May 31, 1882 in Terang; son of John Charles Duigan and Jane Robertson) page 153 (died June 11, 1951 at the age of 69) Australian Dictionary of Biography, via WWW, March 28, 2013 (Duigan, John Robertson (1882-1951); pioneer aviator and electrical engineer; born on 31 May 1882 at Terang, Victoria, Australia; he went to England in 1902 and obtained a certificate in electrical engineering in 1904 from the City and Guilds of London Technical College, Finsbury; in 1903, he returned to Melbourne in 1908; he was the first Australian to design, build and fly an aeroplane in Australia; on 14 March 1916 he was commissioned as a lieutenant in No. 2 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps, and was appointed to command the squadron's 2nd Flight in August; was promoted captain and confirmed as a flight commander in August 1917; proceeding to France, Duigan went into action with No. 3 Squadron; he was awarded the Military Cross for gallantry in action on 9 May 1918 when his aircraft was attacked by four German planes over Villers-Bretonneux: after Workd War I, he resumed work in Melbourne as an electrical engineer; in 1928 he moved to Yarrawonga where he conducted a motor engineering business until 1941; he returned to Melbourne that year and for the rest of World War II was employed in the quality control branch of the Royal Australian Air Force; he then lived in retirement at Ringwood, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, where he died of cancer on 11 June 1951)