Victorian Association of Jewish Ex & Servicemen & Women Australia Incorporated

Founding Member General Sir John Monash GCMG KCB VD

Opat

Surname
Opat
First names
Geoffrey Ivan Professor
Rank
Service No.
3753681
Date of Death
7/03/2002
Hebrew Date
23 Adar 5762
Hebrew Date
כ״ג בַּאֲדָר תשס״ב
Age at Death
66
How Died
Where Died
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Cemetery
Springvale Botanical Cemetery (Necropolis), Victoria, Australia
Service Details
National Service
Served
Occupation
Professor of Experi­mental Physics
Age at Enlistment
Place of Enlistment
Locality on Enlistment
Religion
Jewish
Gender
Male
Date of Enlistment
Date of Discharge
Country of Enlistment
Australia
Notes
Born 16/11/1935 Melbourne, Victoria. Educated University of Melbourne (BSc 1957, MSc 1959, PhD 1961). General Motors Research Fellow, University of Melbourne 1959-61; Fullbright Research Associate, University of Pennsylvania 1961-64; Senior Lecturer in Physics, University of Melbourne 1964-73; Professor of Experimental Physics 1973-2002. Boas Medal for Physics Research 1990; Fellow, Australian Academy of Science 1994; R&D Award 1996.
 
 
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