(1902-08-12)12 August 1902 Indooroopilly, Queensland
Died
13 March 1989(1989-03-13) (aged 86) Brisbane, Australia
Citizenship
Australian
Spouse
Meta Livian Everdell
Alfred George Billing (12 August 1903 – 13 March 1989) was an Australian surveyor who served as the eighth Surveyor-General of the Federated Malay States, from 1949 to 1952.
Albert George Billing was born 12 August 1902 in Indooroopilly, Queensland, the third son and fifth of six children of George Bienvenu Billing (1864-1929) and Alice Isabel Mary née Ottaway (1871-1939).
He attended Brisbane Grammar School. In February 1918 he successfully passed the Commonwealth Public Service examination,[1] and worked in the Queensland Survey Department until 1923. In March 1924 he took up a position with the Federated Malay States Survey Department in Johore and in March 1928 was made an assistant superintendent.[2] In September 1928 has appointed as acting deputy chief surveyor for Singapore.[3]
On 27 May 1933 he married Meta Livian Everdell (1902-1976),[4] and on 28 November 1935 they had twins, a son and a daughter.[5] In October 1940 he was appointed as chief surveyor for Selangor and Negeri Sembilan.[6]
On 7 October 1949 he was appointed Surveyor-General of the Federated Malay States, replacing Percy Herbert Bonnet.[7] He retired from the position on 2 September 1952.[8] Billing was subsequently appointed as the liaison officer for Malay students studying at Australian universities.[9][10]
He died on 13 March 1989 in Brisbane, at the age of 86.[11]
^"Federal Public Service". Daily Standard. No. 1605. Queensland, Australia. 2 February 1918. p. 7 (Second Edition). Retrieved 23 March 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
^"F. M. S. Appointments". The Straits Times. 20 May 1924. p. 8 – via National Library Board of Singapore.
^Office of Commonwealth Relations (1940). The Dominions Office and Colonial Office List for 1940. Waterlow & Sons, Limited. p. 656.
^"Family Notices". The Brisbane Courier. No. 23, 451. Queensland, Australia. 29 March 1933. p. 10. Retrieved 23 March 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
^"Births". Straits Budget. 5 December 1935. p. 7 – via National Library Board of Singapore.
^"Untitled". Morning Tribune. 1 October 1940. p. 16 – via National Library Board of Singapore.
^"Journal of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors". 29. Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors. 1949: 896. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
^"Dept. Keeps List of Promising Lads". The Straits Times. 23 August 1952. p. 4.
^"For duty in Australia". Straits Budget. 11 September 1952. p. 9. Retrieved 24 March 2022 – via National Library Board of Singapore.
^"On Visit". Brisbane Telegraph. Queensland, Australia. 23 September 1952. p. 3. Retrieved 24 March 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
^"Australian Surveyor". Obituaries. 34. Institution of Surveyors, Australia (Inc): 629. 1989.
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