Philip Dulhunty
Philip Wellesley Dulhunty, OAM (27 April 1924 - 29 November 2020) was an Australian aviator, power distribution entrepreneur and inventor. He invented the widely-adopted "dogbone" damper for the protection of overhead power lines and produced the world's first battery-powered laptop computer. He was chairman of the Australian National Committee of the Conseil International des Grands Réseaux Électriques (CIGRÉ) and a member of its international administrative council and executive committee. He formed the Seaplane Pilots Association of Australia in 1972 and was its chairman for 44 years. Early life Dulhunty was born in Kempsey, New South Wales, in 1924, great-grandson to Robert Venour Dulhunty, the first white settler of what was to become the city of Dubbo, New South Wales. He was one of five children born to Robert Dulhunty and Phyllis. At age six, the family moved to Port Macquarie where Dulhunty left school after completing his Form Three Intermediate Exam, no higher school tuition being available in Port Macquarie at the time. Military career In the Coral sea battle he was with the 16th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery at Mount St John, Garbutt field, Townsville at No 393 Gun site, then 8th Brigade Intelligence section in Wewak / Kokoda, then