Deposit N471 - Leonard Dorman's Australian Wheat Board Photograph Albums

Leonard (Len) graduated from Carey Grammar School in Melbourne in 1930 and after relocating to Adelaide in 1932 he gained a position with the flour milling group Bunge (Aust.), beginning a 48 year career in the wheat industry.
Between 1934-38 he worked intermittently in Port Lincoln in wheat exports before joining the newly established Australian Wheat Board (AWB) in November 1939. In 1942 he was transferred to Melbourne as Assistant Manager of the Victorian Office and later as State Superintendent. Leonard was exempt from war service as the supply and marketing of wheat was a protected occupation.
While with the AWB Leonard held the positions of Secretary of the Head Office in Melbourne (1945), Assistant General Manager (1949) and General Manager (1963). He made 65 overseas trips to 57 countries.
In 1968 Leonard was awarded the Order of the British Empire for Service to the Wheat Industry.
When Leonard retired in 1977 he was the last of the AWB's original staff.
In November 1941 Leonard married Verona (Rona) Chesterfield in Adelaide and they had one daughter Helen. Leonard and Rona travelled extensively after his retirement until Rona's death in 1998. Leonard died on 21 April 2013.