Harold Naunton Davies

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BEM name="Supplement to the London Gazette 1 January 1976 - page 22"> (born 17 November 1903 - died 12 July 2009) was an Australian

civil engineer A civil engineer is a person who practices civil engineering – the application of planning, designing, constructing, maintaining, and operating infrastructure while protecting the public and environmental health, as well as improving existing ...

. Davies was educated at

Ashfield Boys High School Ashfield Boys High School is a government-funded comprehensive single-sex secondary school for boys, located on Liverpool Road, in Ashfield, an inner western suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Established in 1962, the school e ...

and at The University of Sydney, where he was awarded Bachelor of Engineering degree. Davies was an assistant to John Bradfield in the design and construction of the Sydney Harbour Bridge. During World War II, Davies designed "build by numbers" airfield buildings and accommodation for soldiers. They could be constructed by the servicemen themselves, instead of specialists.

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1903 births 2009 deaths Australian civil engineers People educated at Ashfield Boys High School University of Sydney alumni Australian recipients of the British Empire Medal Engineers from Sydney Australian centenarians Men centenarians {{Australia-engineer-stub