Kurt Johannsen
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Not to be confused with Kurt Johansson or Kurt Johansson (mathematician).
Kurt Gerhardt Johannsen (11 January 1915 – 23 January 2002) was an Australian bush mechanic and inventor who developed the world's first commercial road train. He was also an aviator, fencing contractor, labourer, mailman and miner[1] and known a "true son of the Red Centre", referring to the southern desert region of the Northern Territory in Australia.[2]