Stuart Gilvison Love died on 7th September, 1965.
Awarded the Associateship of the Royal School of Mines in 1906, Mr. Love spent the following two years gaining mining experience in Australia. In 1909 he was appointed assistant manager of a wolfram property of Rangoon Mining Co. in Burma, where he remained until returning to Australia in 1910 to undertake work in the Northern Territory.
In 1912 he joined Taquah Mining Co., Ltd., West Africa, as a surveyor, and served with that company until taking up a similar position with Abosso Gold Mining Co., Ltd., in 1913.
With the outbreak of the First World War he came to Europe and served with the Royal Engineers. He attained the rank of major and was awarded the Distinguished Service Order, the Military Cross and the Croix de Guerre avec Palme; he was mentioned five times in despatches.
After the war Mr. Love was engaged from 1920 to 1933 in engineering and manufacturing work, for part of that period in private practice. In 1934 he was appointed general manager of Oroville Dredging Co., Ltd., and Papuan Concessions, Ltd., and two years later became chief mining engineer with Amalgamated Minerals, Inc., in the Philippines. In 1938 he took up the post of resident consulting engineer with Chagrin Chrome Mines, Ltd., New Caledonia, and was subsequently engaged in private consultancy work for some three years before retiring in 1943.
Mr. Love was elected to Student Membership of the Institution in 1907 and was, transferred to Associate Membership in 1914.
Vol. 74, Trans IMM 1964-65, p.984
