Victorian Association of Jewish Ex & Servicemen & Women Australia Incorporated

Founding Member General Sir John Monash GCMG KCB VD

Sklovsky AM

Surname
Sklovsky AM
First names
Dr Grisha (Grigorij Abramovitch )
Rank
Service No.
597
Date of Death
9/01/1995
Hebrew Date
8 Sh'vat, 5755
Hebrew Date
ח׳ בִּשְׁבָט תשנ״ה
Age at Death
79
How Died
Where Died
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Cemetery
Springvale Botanical Cemetery (Necropolis), Victoria, Australia
Service Details
Czechoslovak Brigade
Served
UK & Europe
Occupation
Research chemist
Age at Enlistment
Place of Enlistment
Locality on Enlistment
Religion
Jewish
Gender
Male
Date of Enlistment
Date of Discharge
Country of Enlistment
Czechoslovakia
Notes
Born 6/10/1915 Sretensk, Siberia, Czechoslovak Military Medal, AM. Educated at university in Lyon (doctorate in chemistry 1939). Served with a Czech battalion that amalgamated in England with the British army 1939-45, came to Australia 1947, ICI 1947-77 (research chemist, rising to chief information officer of the company's research department), joint managing director, Trans Knowledge Associates 1977-. Accompanied the French relief expeditions to Dumont d'Urville station on Adelie Island 1969, 1971, English-French interpreter, Antarctic treaty consultative meeting, Canberra, late 1970s. Foundation chairman, SBS 1978. President, Australian Institute of International Affairs 1975-77; President, Royal Society of Victoria 1985 to June 1986, July-December 1987; inaugural chairman, advisory board, Institute of Reproduction and Development, Monash University.
 
 
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