Английская Википедия:Alfred Salenger
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Alfred Theodore Salenger (1879–1961) was the first Australian awarded the Order of the British Empire for his role in inventing a bomb-thrower for use in trench warfare in World War I.[1][2] He was a designer and a partner in the firm of Messrs. Salenger Brothers - wholesale jewellers, of George Street, Sydney.[2][3]
Early life
Salenger was born in Victoria, Australia in 1879 to warehouseman Julius Salenger and his wife Evelyn nee Beaver.[4] His grandfather Louis Beaver (previously Bibergeil) was an inventor and proprietor of jewellery stores in Manchester in England.[5][6] An uncle was the architect Isidor George Beaver. Constance Beaver, an aunt, was the mother of Harry Nathan, 1st Baron Nathan.[7] Salenger's brother Herbert Michael Salenger was a partner of the firm of Messrs. Biddulph and Salenger, solicitors, of Sydney.[2]
Career
Salenger was a partner in the firm of Messrs.Salenger Bros. - wholesale jewellers, of George Street Sydney.[2]
In 1916 he began collaborating with Lieut. W. H. Gregory Geake who had invented an improved bomb-thrower for use in trench warfare.[2][8] Together they embarked from Sydney on the RMS Kaisar-i-Hind, arriving in England on 1 February 1917. They worked on many inventions for the A.I.F. Research Section of the British Munitions Inventions Department at Claremont Park, Esher.[9] The men of this section became known as the "Safety Seconds", for putting results before their own safety.[10] Salenger was responsible for restricting a fire which occurred while carrying out experiments, but there was an explosion that severed his fingers and badly injured the other arm. He was hospitalised for 2 months.[1] He was cared for at Kingston Infirmary in Surrey, alongside military casualties.[11] Subsequently Colonel Henry Edward Goold-Adams, Comptroller of Munitions Inventions, wrote to him saying that "the injury you have unfortunately sustained is just as much a credit to yourself and those that come after you as if the loss of your fingers had occurred in the field by the action of the enemy".[2]
Salenger Bros. were the Australian agents for the National Diamond Factories (Bernard Oppenheimer), Ltd., of London. Sir Bernard Oppenheimer established a scheme for training disabled war veterans, many of whom were amputees, in the skills of diamond cutting and polishing.[12]
Order of the British Empire
In the 1918 New Year Honours Salenger was awarded the Order of the British Empire for "courage and self-sacrifice in volunteering for work on dangerous experiments, in the course of which he lost four fingers". The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations, and public service outside the civil service. It was established on 4 June 1917 by King George V. Salenger was the first Australian to receive the award.[1][2] He received his award in Kingston Town Hall on 29 May 1918 by Surrey’s Lord Lieutenant Lord Ashcombe (Henry Cubitt).[1]
Family
Salenger married Ursula May Hutchison in 1912 in Sydney, and they divorced in 1931.[13] In 1947 he married Maud Zell at Darlinghurst, Sydney.
Salenger died on 5 April 1961, aged 81, and is buried at the Rookwood Necropolis in Sydney.[14][15]
References
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- ↑ www.naa.gov.au/ Шаблон:Webarchive National Archives of Australia: A1337, 4925 Item ID 9502852 Application for registration of a design by Alfred Theodore Salenger for Jewellery - Class 3
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