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Memorial—Walter (Wattie) G. Whittlestone

Walter G. Whitttestone was born in 1914 and educated at Gore High School. He graduated from Otago University in 1936 (M.Sc., first, class honors) in chemistry and won the Sir George Gray Scholarship and the Duffus Lubecki Scholarship. He took a position with the New Zealand Cooperative Rennet Company to work with insulin, but his interests shifted to rennet starters, and he was able to double the rennet production of the company. With the local farm veterinarian, Mr. Lesley, he became involved with some of the earliest studies of mastitis, hygiene, and its association with the milking machine. He is considered the inventor (developer) of tow level milking systems (milk and vacuum lines) for his onfarm work in the Taranaki District.

In 1939 he moved to Wallaceville Animal Research Centre and was requested to increasethe life of milking rubberware as rubber was in short supply during World War II.