Donald L. Hings, an engineer and inventor, equipped the Canadian and British military with an early version of the portable two-way wireless radio (walkie-talkie) during the Second World War.
Born in Leicester, England, he moved to Canada with his mother and father when he was three.
In 1937 Donald Hings created a portable radio signalling system for his employer CM&S, which he called a “packet” but later became known as the “Walkie-Talkie.” He was working at Cominco in Trail, British Columbia.