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Retirement of ADR [Neil McRae]
No. 209 January 1974, Item 2531Neil McRae, Assistant Director Research, ended his career with the Bureau on 30 November 1973, on the advice of the Government Medical Officer. He is now taking accumulated sick leave until his retirement, which will take effect on 24 May 1974. Bureau friends who have seen Mac in the last few weeks report that the rest and lessening of responsibility have already led to a marked improvement in his health.
Nell McRae was born in Horsham in 1914. He studied with distinction at Melbourne University, gaining his B.A. and B.Sc. Hons. (Physics). He also received the University's Gold Medal for Mathematics, and qualified for the degree of Master of Arts (Maths) which was conferred in 1943.
Mac joined the Bureau in September 1937 as a Meteorological Assistant Grade 1, at the princely salary of £228 p.a. Having successfully completed his training course, and in the words of the Acting Commonwealth Meteorologist "shown an aptitude for meteorological work", Mac was posted to Essendon, where he began work under Jack Nance in January 1938.
In October 1938 he returned to Head Office on promotion to the position of Assistant Meteorologist, Forecasting Section.
In April 1941 Mac joined the RAAF Meteorological Service, and was posted to Amberley (Qld.) and later to Darwin, where he was stationed during the Japanese bombing raids of February 1942. Later he served on many forward bases in, the New Guinea area particularly Milne Bay and Goodenough Island in the Solomon Sea. During this period he was mentioned in dispatches (M.I.D.).
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