Wallace Vernon Fyfe

Wallace Vernon Fyfe was an Australian geographer who served as the Surveyor General of Western Australia from 1938 to 1945.

Biography

He was born at Albert Park, Victoria on 07 April 1894. He was the second of four children born to Alexander Parker Fyfe, and his wife Marion, née Howard.
He was married to Venetia Thompson, a tennis player.
He died on 17 January 1982 and was survived by his two daughters.

Career

Military Service

He served in the Australian Infantry Battalion of the Australian Army during the World War One. He reached the rank of private and served in France.
He also worked for the Commonwealth Public Service.

Surveyor

In 1910, he was apprenticed to the surveyor Marmaduke Terry.
He became a licensed surveyor on 21 October 1919.
He was a member of the Institution of Surveyors of Western Australia.
He became the director of land settlement in Western Australia in 1945.
He retired on 7 April 1959 and was succeeded by Harold Camm as the Surveyor General of Western Australia.