People Australia

Life Summary [details]

Birth

23 November, 1914
Campsie, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Death

27 June, 1992 (aged 77)
Bangkok, Thailand

Cause of Death

unknown

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.

• Anglican

Education

• Summer Hill Intermediate High (Sydney)
• Sydney Boys' High School
• University of Sydney

Occupation or Descriptor

• academic
• air force medical officer
• medical administrator
• public servant
• rehabilitation medicine specialist

Military Service

• World War II

Awards

• Fulbright fellow
• Officer of the Order of the British Empire
• Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George

Legacies

• George Burnistion Oration (Australasian Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine)

Key Organisations

• Australian Association of Occupational Therapists (NSW)
• Royal Australian College of Medical Administrators
• Royal Society of Health
• Royal Australasian College of Physicians
• Australasian Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine
• Royal Australian College of Rehabilitative Medicine

Workplaces

• Hornsby Hospital (NSW)
• Dept of Post-War Reconstruction (Federal)
• Dept of Social Services (Federal)
• Prince Henry Hospital (Sydney)
• Prince of Wales Hospital (Sydney)
• University of New South Wales (medicine)