Graham Morgan (engineer)
{{Short description|British engineer (1903–1987)}}
Graham Morgan CMG (12 July 1903 – 29 August 1987) was a British civil engineer who served as State Engineer of Johore and as head of Tanganiyka Public Works Department in the 1940s and 1950s.
Early life and education
Morgan was born on 12 July 1903. He was educated at King Henry VIII Grammar School, Abergavenny, and University College, Cardiff where he received his BSc Civil Engineering in 1923.{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/whowaswho19811990008unse |title=Who was who 1981-1990 : a companion to Who's who |date=1991 |publisher=London : A. & C. Black |others=Internet Archive |isbn=978-0-7136-3336-8 |pages=534}}
Career
Morgan began his career as an assistant engineer in Newport, Monmouthshire in 1924, and later that year was employed at Devon County Council.
In 1926, he went to the Federated Malay States where he was appointed Assistant Engineer.{{Cite news |date=6 December 1926 |title=The current issue of the F.M.S. Government Gazette contains the following appointments |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitsechomail19261206-1.2.89 |work=The Straits Echo |pages=1344}} He then served in many posts as engineer in the Public Works Department of the Federated Malay States serving in Pekan, Raub, Klang, Kedah, and Kinta,{{Cite news |date=15 February 1933 |title=Social and Personal |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/pinangazette19330215-1.2.28 |work=Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle |pages=4}}{{Cite news |date=30 April 1930 |title=The F.M.S. Gazette |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/singfreepressb19300430-1.2.128 |work=The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser |pages=16}}{{Cite book |last=Settlements |first=Straits |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iZxDAQAAIAAJ |title=Blue Book for the Year ... |date=1934 |publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office |pages=375 |language=en}} and in Singapore as Assistant Resident Engineer while the Kallang aerodrome was being constructed. In 1939, he was seconded for service as Senior Executive Engineer, Malayan Public Works Department.{{Cite news |date=2 June 1939 |title=Johore Appointments |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/morningtribune19390602-1.2.26 |work=Morning Tribune |pages=3}} In 1941, after the Japanese invaded the Malay Peninsula, he was evacuated from Singapore on the S.S. Kuala which was sunk by Japanese bombers off Pom Pong island, Dutch East Indies.{{Cite web |title=SS.Kuala ABC |url=https://www.roll-of-honour.org.uk/evacuation_ships/html/ss_kuala_abc.htm |access-date=2025-01-13 |website=www.roll-of-honour.org.uk}} In 1948, he was appointed State Engineer of Johore.{{Cite news |date=17 July 1947 |title=Untitled |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitsbudget19470717-1.2.115 |work=The Straits Budget |pages=14}}
From 1950 to 1954, he served as Director of Public Works Department, Tanganyika before retiring.{{Cite news |date=2 March 1950 |title=New Tanganyika PWD Chief |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19500302-1.2.88 |work=The Straits Times |pages=7}}
Personal life
Honours
Morgan was appointed Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) in the 1954 Birthday Honours.{{Cite web |title=Page 3261 {{!}} Supplement 40188, 1 June 1954 {{!}} London Gazette {{!}} The Gazette |url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/40188/supplement/3257 |access-date=2025-01-13 |website=www.thegazette.co.uk}}
References
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Category:20th-century British engineers
Category:Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George
Category:People educated at King Henry VIII School, Abergavenny