Engineer VADM Sir William Clarkson, KBE, CMG, died at his home in Sydney. Clarkson had commenced service in the South Australian Navy in 1884, seen service in the Boxer Rebellion as the Engineer of South Australian gunboat HMCS PROTECTOR, and been Third Naval Member of the Australian Naval Board from 1911 to 1922. VADM Clarkson is considered the “father of engineering in the RAN”, and the Clarkson School of Engineering at HMAS CERBERUS is named after him.
Australian Naval History on 21 January 1934
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