Tom Eastick CMG, DSO, ED (1900–1988), Engineer, World War II Australian soldier
In 1883, Charles Eastick, a chemist at the Abram Lyle & sons (now part of Tate & Lyle) refinery in Plaistow formulated how it could be refined to make a preserve and sweetener for cooking.
By September 1945 Eastick had been appointed commander of Kuching Force, a detachment of the 9th Division which supervised the Japanese surrender in the territory of Sarawak, on the island of Borneo.