People Australia

Life Summary [details]

Birth

27 February, 1862
South Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Death

6 April, 1945 (aged 83)
Toorak, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Cause of Death

stroke

Cultural Heritage

Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.

• English

Religious Influence

Includes the religion in which subjects were raised, have chosen themselves, attendance at religious schools and/or religious funeral rites; Atheism and Agnosticism have been included.

• Agnostic
• Anglican

Education

• Melbourne Grammar School
• Carlton College (Melbourne)
• University of Melbourne
• King's College (London)

Occupation or Descriptor

• academic
• army medical officer
• defence forces personnel (British)
• ophthalmologist
• university chancellor
• university vice-chancellor

Military Service

• World War I

Awards

• Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George
• Order of the Nile
• Companion of the Order of the Bath
• Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire

Key Organisations

• National Parks Committee
• Workers' Educational Association (WA)
• Australian Medical Association (Vic)
• University of Melbourne
• Royal Empire Society (Vic)
• Town and Country Planning Association (Vic)
• Victorian Bush Nursing Association
• Red Cross Society (national)
• Red Cross (Britain)
• University Conservatorium Symphony Orchestra
• Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
• Ophthalmological Society of Australia

Stately Homes

• Palmyra (Toorak, Melbourne)

Workplaces

• Repatriation Hospital (Vic)
• Royal Victorian Institute for the Blind
• University of Melbourne
• Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital
• Royal Melbourne Hospital