Percival Evert Russell "Van" Vanthoff OBE (12 January 1894 – 30 July 1967) was a senior Australian public servant. He was Director-General of the Postmaster-General's Department from May until December 1958.
He was appointed Director-General of Posts and Telegraphs, heading the Postmaster-General's Department, in May 1958.[2] In the role, he oversaw development of an automatic teleprinter switching system for telegraphs, and worked to provide a six-tube coaxial cable between Sydney and Melbourne.[1] Vanthoff retired in December 1958.[1]
Vanthoff died on 30 July 1967 in Richmond, Melbourne.[1]
vanthoff, percival, evert, russell, vanthoff, january, 1894, july, 1967, senior, australian, public, servant, director, general, postmaster, general, department, from, until, december, 1958, obedirector, general, postmaster, general, departmentin, office, 1958. Percival Evert Russell Van Vanthoff OBE 12 January 1894 30 July 1967 was a senior Australian public servant He was Director General of the Postmaster General s Department from May until December 1958 Van VanthoffOBEDirector General of the Postmaster General s DepartmentIn office 21 May 1958 31 December 1958Personal detailsBornPercival Evert Russell Vanthoff 1894 01 12 12 January 1894Cobram VictoriaDied30 July 1967 1967 07 30 aged 73 Richmond Melbourne VictoriaNationalityAustralianSpouseRuby Ella Shanks m 1924 OccupationPublic servantLife and career editVan Vanthoff was born in Cobram Victoria on 12 January 1894 to parents Isaac and Mary Jane Vanthoff 1 In World War I Vanthoff served in the Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force 1 He was appointed Director General of Posts and Telegraphs heading the Postmaster General s Department in May 1958 2 In the role he oversaw development of an automatic teleprinter switching system for telegraphs and worked to provide a six tube coaxial cable between Sydney and Melbourne 1 Vanthoff retired in December 1958 1 Vanthoff died on 30 July 1967 in Richmond Melbourne 1 Awards editIn January 1955 Vanthoff was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire 3 References edit a b c d e Blaazer D P 2002 Percival Evert Russell Vanthoff 1894 1967 Australian Dictionary of Biography Vol 16 National Centre of Biography Australian National University ISSN 1833 7538 Archived from the original on 25 November 2014 CA 9 Postmaster General s Department Central Administration National Archives of Australia retrieved 25 November 2014 Search Australian Honours VANTHOFF Percival Evert Russell itsanhonour gov au Australian Government archived from the original on 25 November 2014 Government officesPreceded byGiles Chippindall Director General of the Postmaster General s Department1958 Succeeded byMervyn Stradwick nbsp This Australian government biography is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Van Vanthoff amp oldid 1194074179, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
