Cecil Howe Cropper
Cecil Howe Cropper (1882- )
1922 Major (late R.E.), D.S.O., M.C., B.Eng., M Inst.M.M., Min. Engr. (Metalliferous); examination of Lead and Silver Property; b. 1882; s. of Charles Michael Walsh Cropper. Ed. The Armidale Sch., New England, N.S.W., Australia. Training: The University of Sydney; graduated 1906. Career: Professional experience in West Australia, South Af., Mexico, Northern Nigeria, Cornwall, Federated Malay States, France, on Gold, Silver, Lead, Tin.; served 4 years in France during the Great War in R.E. with Tunnelling Co.; Major Commanding Co; proposed and took a leading part in the Messines-Wytschaete Min. Exploit in Belgium; 3 times Mentioned in Dispatches. Club: Royal Societies. Address: c/o Bank of New South Wales, 29, Threadneedle Street, London, E.C.2.