Berwick "Skip" Carlyon Tonkin, a former national president of Engineers Australia, passed away in April. He pioneered engineering consulting in South Australia by founding B C Tonkin and Associates, now known as Tonkin Consulting."rnTonkin was born in the small town of Wallaroo in South Australia. As a boy, he was allowed to skipper his father's yacht, earning the nickname "Skip". He served in the RAAF between 1943 and 1946, and later obtained a private pilot's licence. He would fly his company's own aircraft to remote engineering sites.
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机译：澳大利亚工程师协会前国家主席Berwick“ Skip” Carlyon Tonkin于四月去世。他通过创立BC Tonkin and Associates（现为Tonkin Consulting）在南澳大利亚开创了工程咨询的先河。” rnTonkin出生在南澳大利亚州的瓦拉鲁（Wallaroo）小镇。小时候，他被允许跳过父亲的游艇，并因此而得了绰号。他在1943年至1946年间曾在RAAF服役，后来获得了私人飞行员的执照，他将自己公司的飞机驾驶到偏远的工程现场。
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