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Harold George RAGGATT,¹ son of Percy Claude RAGGATT ( -bef1941) and Martha Annie BARKER ( - ), was born on 25 Jan 1900 in North Sydney, NSW.² He married Edith Thora HELLMERS on 19 Jan 1927 in St. Philip, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.^{1 2} He died on 2 Nov 1968 in Canberra, ACT, Australia.^{1 2 2} Heart attack.

A full biography of Harold Raggatt can be found in Source "Descendants of Christin Von Hellmers."

Sir Harold Raggatt

"Military service.1.: January-1918 (Enlisted in the AIF, He went overseas in March 1918 with his unit, the 13 Field

Company Engineers, but by the time his training was finished and he had reached France the war had ended.) He

was employed as a Master of Science in 1932, and of Doctor of Science in 1939 in 1932. He lived in Canberra,

Australian Capital Territory, Australia in 1939 (In 193915 Raggatt applied for the position of Assistant

Commonwealth Geological Adviser and was selected by Woolnough for this post; this involved moving to

Canberra.). Occupation.1.: 1940 in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia (194015 and Raggatt became

Commonwealth Geological Adviser. ) Occupation.2.: Bet. 1941-1942 (Dr H G Raggatt, Director & Head of the

Bureau of Mineral Resources - Canberra.15) He arrived in San Diego, California, United States in May-1945 (Age:

4582). Occupation.3.: 1946 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (Raggatt moved the headquarters of the Bureau and

the Geophysical Section to Melboume) Occupation.4.: 1951 in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia (In

1951 Raggatt accepted the post of Secretary of the Department of National Development, though he felt some

reluctance at leaving the Bureau of Mineral Resources and direct contact with and participation in geology.)

Awards: Bet. 1954-1963 (C.B.E in 1954 and a Knithood in 1963) Occupation.5.: Bet. 1957-1965 (Harold was

Deputy Chairman of the Australian Atomic Energy Commission from 1957 to 1965. ) His sex was Male82-83, 85. He

was known by the title of Sir Harold Raggatt. Title (Facts Pg): (Dr and Knighted - Sir Harold Raggat.15)"

"He was appointed C.B.E. in 1954 and knighted in 1963.

Sir Harold George Raggatt (1900-1968), geologist, was born on 25 January 1900 in North Sydney, second of five

children of Percy Claude Raggatt, a native-born grocer, and his wife Martha Annie, née Barker, who came from

Wales.

Harold attended Gordon Public School where, through its headmaster 'Cocky' Fry, he gained a love of the English

language. He proceeded to Sydney Technical High School and the University of Sydney (B.Sc., 1922; M.Sc., 1932;

D.Sc., 1939). After completing the first year of his undergraduate degree, he enlisted in the Australian Imperial

Force on 4 March 1918 and embarked for England seventeen days later. In February 1919 he joined the 13th Field

Company, Engineers, which undertook reconstruction work in the Meuse Valley, France. He also helped to build

the monument to the 4th Division at Bellenglise, near St Quentin.

Demobilized from the A.I.F. in Sydney on 28 September 1919, Raggatt resumed his university course. He initially

found it difficult to study, but came under the influence of Sir Edgeworth David and decided to pursue a career in

geology. In mid-1922 he joined the team which conducted the Geological Survey of New South Wales; he became

a keen publicist and in 1924-25 made radio broadcasts, beginning with a popular account of the geology of Sydney.

At St Philip's Anglican Church, Sydney, on 19 January 1927 he married Edith Thora Hellmers, a schoolteacher who

had been a fellow undergraduate.

Sir Harold died of myocardial infarction on 2 November 1968 in his home at Hughes, Canberra, and was cremated

with Presbyterian forms; his wife and their daughter survived him. The Raggatt Mountains in Enderby Land,

Antarctica, are named after him"²

Edith Thora HELLMERS,³ daughter of Frederick Christian HELLMERS (1870-1931) and Lucy LINLEY (c. 1872-1942), was born in 1900 in Liverpool NSW.¹ She was a Schoolteacher. She died on 13 Feb 1974 in Hughes, A.C.T., Australia.^{1 3}

" LADY EDITH THORA HELLMERS" according to source³

Edith Thora HELLMERS and Harold George RAGGATT had the following children: