Mr. J. Hogan—Deputy Director, Adelaide

He commenced a forecaster's course in 1937 in company with Mr. L. J. Dwyer, Mr. J. Lillywhite, Mr. N. McRae, Mr. Pat Squires (now with C.S.I.R.O) and a number of others who are now Senior Officers of the Bureau.

His first appointment in 1938 was to Port Moresby. When he arrived there, there was only one other Commonwealth Public Service Officer there—the auditor. He experienced all the difficulties of a pioneer—there was no office, no official residence, and almost no network. During his three years service there, he established the basic reporting network and gained enough knowledge of the meteorology of the region to write an account of it which was to be of inestimable value in planning the wartime New Guinea campaigns.

He returned to the Central Office in 1940 and after some time in the training section, went to Perth. For several years he was responsible for forecasts for the Indian Ocean Route and in 1948, as a result of his experience in this area, was able to write Bulletin No. 40: "Meteorology of the Indian Ocean between Western Australia and India".

After discharge from the RAAF, he remained in Perth at the Weather Bureau, acting on a number of occasions as Deputy Director. In August 1953, he took up duty in his present position in Adelaide.

In the days of his youth "Doc" had a reputation as a fine footballer and played in the W.A. League for Claremont. His principal sporting interest now is golf which he plays with great vigour; he was seen in Melbourne at the time of the Canada Cup.

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