TRIBUTES
Published tributes for Holden people.
| Died | Name | Career Outline | Link |
| 1909 | Frost, Henry Adolph | Entered partnership with H.J. Holden in September, 1885 to form Holden and Frost | |
| 1947 | Holden, Sir Edward | Co-founder and Chairman of Holden's Motor Body Builders, Chairman of GM-H | |
| 1957 | Begg, Russell G | Chief Engineer, Australian Car Program | |
| 1983 | Daley, Francis Stanley (Frank) | Joined General Motors-Holden’s in 1931 as senior staff engineer, responsible for modernising the company’s plant at Woodville, South Australia, to prepare for the manufacture of steel bodies for motor vehicles. The company began fitting Australian-produced all-steel bodies to GM chassis in 1937. Next year Daley’s paper `Beyond the Yield Point’ described original research into the pressing of sheet steel in October 1942). Author of a History Of GM Holdens. | WWW |
| c1980 | Silins, Edvins | Ed Silins was born in Latvia, but came to Australia and was the Lead Engineer in the design of the Holden V8 engine. | |
| 2007 | James, Frederick George | Fred James worked on the first Holden, then later was the Engineer in Charge of the design of the Holden V8 engine. | |
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2011 |
Rawnsley, William John 'Jack' |
One of three engineers sent to the USA to work with GM on the development of the 48 215 New Australian car program. A video tribute to Jack from Holden |
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| 2011 | Wiseman, J.H. Stanley 'Stan' | Manager in Supply and Purchasing Depts. Founder of the Holden Retirees Club. | |
| 2012 | Chapman, Charles 'Chuck' | Managing Director, GM-H | |
| 2012 | Murchie, Jack | NASCO Zone Sales manager; WWII Prisoner of the Japanese | URL |
| 2014 | McCance, Jim | Draftsman and Trim Engineer | |
| 2018 | Newton, P.G.H. 'Guy' | WWII Fighter Ace, Gen. Mgr. Frigidaire, Mgr. Dir. GM-Limited in London, Director of Vauxhall Motors, Vice Chairman of Board of Adam Opel in Germany, Regional Manager in 1969, president of GM France, and Vice President of GM's Overseas Corporation | |
| 2018 | Gow, Jack |
Stared at CAC, then Holden Engineering and Nissan. On the way designed and built a revolutionary race car, the WGM Special. | URL |
| 2022 | John Leigh | Joined as cadet Engineer in 1957, went to GMI, returned to Frigidaire as Manager of Quality in many plants here and overseas. When Frigidaire relocated to New Zealand, John became Senior Quality Engineer for VAP's. Then moved in export as manager of Export Operations (Marketing). | |
| 2023 | Steve Markwell | Steve Markwell, whose automotive career spanned nearly five decades across senior positions at GM-Holden, Nissan Australia, Lada Cars, The Australian newspaper, as well as Holden Special Vehicles (HSV) in Queensland, has died. | |
| 2024 | David (Dave) Birrell | David (Dave) Birrell joined Holden in 1955 as a cadet engineer in Product Engineering at Fishermens Bend and served in various supervisory roles in Engineering. He retired on 31st March 1999 after 44.2 years of continuous and distinguished service with Holden. | |
| 2024 | Rick Hooper | Rick Started at Holden 1977, when drafting was largely a manual affair. He moved overseas and was in the front line of the introduction of CAD systems at Holden and around the Automotive industry. | |
| 2025 | Hugh Harry Videon |
In December 2024, Tony Hyde had a call from Hugh Videion, who asked Tony if he would read Hugh’s obituary at his funeral. Although somewhat taken aback by the unexpected request, Tony agreed and on 19 June 2025, fulfilled his promise to his old mate. This is Hugh’s story as he wrote it. |
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