Carne, Walter Mervyn (1885 - 1952)

Born Sydney, 16 September 1885. Died Sydney, 20 November 1952. 

Walter Carne was supervisor of fresh fruit and vegetable exports for the Victorian Department of Commerce and Agriculture 1941-1950. Earlier he worked as a plant pathologist for CSIR in Western Australia and Tasmania 1929-1941. He was the son of Joseph Edmund Carne and the brother of Alan McArthur Carne.

Educated Sydney Technical College. Laboratory assistant, Hawkesbury Agricultural College 1906-11; scientific cadet, Department of Agriculture 1912-13; assistant agrostologist, Department of Agriculture 1914-15; 2nd Light Horse Field Ambulance in the Middle East 1915-19; science master, Hawkesbury Agricultural College 1921-22; economic botanist and plant pathologist, Western Australian Department of Agriculture 1923-29, senior plant pathologist, Commonwealth Council for Scientific and industrial Research 1929-38; seconded to the Department of Commerce and Agriculture in Melbourne as supervisor of fresh fruit and vegetable exports 1938-41; joined the staff of the department 1941-50.

In 1928, the botanist Charles Gardner named Eucalyptus carnei in his honour.

Source: Extracted from: Encyclopedia of Australian Science website: http://www.eoas.info/biogs/P002082b.htm 6/3/2014

Herbarium specimen collecting localities for Carne, W.M. from AVH, 6/3/2014