Frederick William Kendall died at sea on May 30th, 1945, at the age of 62.
He received his education at Truro College, Cornwall, from 1891 to 1899, followed by technical training in mining and metallurgy at the Central Technical Schools for Cornwall and at Messrs. Henderson’s School of Mining in Truro. He spent 1901 and 1902 as a miner in the Carn Brea and Tincroft Mines, Ltd., returning to the Truro schools in 1903 for further practice in assaying and surveying.
In October, 1903, he was engaged as assayer for the Kahajan Gold Mining Co. in Dutch Borneo, subsequently being placed in charge of the surveying work. When the mines closed clown at the end of 1904 he returned home, but left for Rhodesia in April, 1905, on obtaining the position of assistant surveyor and assayer to the Rhodesia Copper Co. Shortly after his arrival he was transferred to the Rhodesia Broken Hill Development Co., Ltd., where he remained until 1907. In the following year he was appointed assistant to the superintendent of the Barramia gold mine, Egypt, and held this position until his promotion in 1910 to reduction officer and surveyor. Two years later he was appointed first assistant reduction officer to the Mysore Gold Mining Co., Ltd., South India, where he remained for the rest of his career. Mr. Kendall was promoted chief reduction officer at the Mysore mine in 1924, and ten years later attained the position of chief metallurgist. After 33 years with the company he retired, and was on the way home to England when he died.
He was elected to Studentship of the Institution in 1905 and was transferred to Associateship in 1908.
Vol. 55, Trans IMM 1945-46, p.571
