Westcott, Henry (Junior)

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Unique IDPE-000196SurnameWestcottGiven namesHenry (Junior)Biographical abstractDates of employment: 1882-1888Biographical noteBiographical details:
Son of Henry Westcott, Mechanical Engineer, 1864-1887

NSW BDMs Registry: Death 25214/1939 WESTCOTT HENRY [parents] HENRY & HARRIOTT registered at WOOLLAHRA

WESTCOTT -November 22 1939 Henry Westcott sen, formerly of Wollstonecraft, late CME Metropolitan Water Sewerage and Drainage Board in his 83rd year. [ref: The Sydney Morning Herald Thursday 23 November 1939 p8]

Details from contemporary sources:
1882 2nd Engineer at Crown St Pumping Station - £3/10/- week - appointed - February [ref: 26/182/295]
1885 Salaries of officers 1885 - request increase for 1885 [ref: 22/29/11(c)]
1885 Assistant Mechanical Engineer - £5 per week - List of Officers & Servants - position, salary, duties - ordered by Council 9 September 1885 [ref: 30/001/094]
1886 Assistant Engineers at Botany request clarification of employment of Westcott's son in his position as acting Mechanical Engineer at Botany- confirmed by Mayor Young - August [ref: 26/214/1692]
1886 Mayor's appointment as acting mechanical engineer, Crown St, at present rate of pay in lieu of John Fyfe, suspended - October 1886 [ref: 21/17/7 [597]]
1886 Memo from Trevor Jones re salaries 20 October - £5 per week [ref: 26/216/2448]
1886 Father, Henry (Senior) requests employment of his son to assist at Botany Works - November; not granted [ref: 26/216/2186]
1888 Mayor's report on retrenchment and salary reductions made in January - reduction £5 to £4 per week [ref: 21/17/6 [731]]GenderMaleSource system IDTPER-004589

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CollectionPeople and PositionsOrganisationSydney City CouncilPositionEngineer [City Engineer and City Surveyor's Department I]Assistant Engineer (Mechanical) [City Engineer and City Surveyor's Department I]Engineer (Mechanical) [City Engineer and City Surveyor's Department I]Related items26/182/29522/29/11(c)Officers & Servants of the Sydney Corporation [names, positions, salaries, duties]26/214/169221/17/7 [597]26/216/244826/216/2186Report of the Mayor, John Harris, on the retrenchments effected by him in the various departments Source systemDatabase of 19th Century Staff

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