Ivor William Evans

Evans attended Princes Hill State School before completing his education at the New College on a scholarship.

He became managing director in 1922 and oversaw further expansion, including the construction of a factory on Bourke Street, Melbourne, and the opening a retail store in Carlton.

During World War II the company supplied "flags, tents, haversacks, waterbags, troughs, baths, aprons, chairs, beds, sleeping-bags, hammocks, tarpaulins and stretchers".

His son Thomas was killed in action with the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) in 1945.

The winning entrants were invited to the Royal Exhibition Building to watch the first unveiling of the new flag.

Edition of the Review of Reviews announcing the winning design