Juan Addison Victor Echevarri
Captain J.A.V. Echevarri was the long-serving secretary of the Wireless Telegraphy Board.
1897: Born, 17th May.[1]
Educated King's College School.
1916: Gazetted Temporary Sub-Lieutenant, Royal Naval volunteer reserve (R.N.V.R) on the 25th January. [2]
1918: Became Captain, R.A.F.
1918-19: Posted with the R.A.F. in Malta. [3]
1920: Appointed as a temporary member of Wireless Telegraphy Board for the RAF, becoming Assistant to the Head of the Board later the same year.[3]
1920: British Delegate at International Conference on Electrical Communications, Washington, D.C.
1921: Delegate at the International Technical Committee on Radio Communications, Paris,
1924: Appointed Secretary, Wireless Telegraph Board.
1934: Married (Spouse: née Churchill)
In July 1945, Echevarri was still in post as Secretary of the Wireless Telegraph Board.