James Joseph Malone

James Joseph Malone
1926 caricature by Reynolds
Born1883 (1883)
South Gundarimba, near Lismore, New South Wales, Australia
OccupationEngineer
Known forController of Wireless, Postmaster-General's Department; Head of Overseas Telecommunications Commission
AwardsMilitary Cross, Order of the British Empire

James Joseph Malone MC (born 1883) was an Australian engineer prominent in the fields of telegraphy, wireless, broadcasting and communications. During the 1920s and 1930s he was Controller of Wireless with the then Postmaster-General's Department. He was later head of the Overseas Telecommunications Commission in the 1940s.

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