Ellis Davies

DAVIES, Ellis Harvey, MIEAust MAusIMM (1882-1942)

Ellis Harvey Davies was born on June 26, 1882 in Queensland. He was the grandson of the founder of the Hobart Mercury newspaper, John Davies.

Davies was educated at Brighton Grammar School in Victoria and served an apprenticeship with Austral Otis, working on the design, manufacture and erection of mining machinery. He studied at Melbourne University and at the Working Men's College until 1905 and worked underground in Victoria for eighteen months before joining Bewick Moreing and Company as assistant mechanical engineer in Western Australia in 1907.

Davies worked on the design and erection of ore treatment plants, and as engineer at Great Fingall Consolidated Ltd (MGF Day Dawn) and at Mountain Queen Ltd. (YlGF Marvel Loch). He was elected a member of the Australasian Institute of Mining Engineers in 1912 and joined Charles Ruwolt Pty Ltd as technical advisor and chief engineer for mining machinery in 1914. He designed and supervised the erection of ore treatment plant at Youanmi in 1936. He died doing a full inventory of earthmoving plant at every mine site in Australia for the war effort.

Davies was a member of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, and of the WA Chamber of Mines in 1914.

Ellis Davies has a full bio at http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/davies-ellis-harvey-9912

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References:
JCMWA 1914;
MCER 1936;
Hooper p.11;
ArcAusMM.