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Life Summary [details]

Birth

8 January, 1919
Inglewood, Victoria, Australia

Death

4 March, 1996 (aged 77)
Wallington, Victoria, Australia

Cause of Death

heart disease

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

• Malvern Memorial Grammar School (Melbourne)
• University of Melbourne

Occupation or Descriptor

• academic
• army officer
• biomedical engineer
• biophysicist
• soldier

Military Service

• World War II

Awards

• Member of the Order of Australia

Legacies

• David Dewhurst award (Biomedical College of Engineers, Australia)

Key Organisations

• Society for Medical and Biological Engineering (Vic)
• International Federation for Medical and Biological Engineering
• Australian Federation of Medical and Biological Engineering
• National Health Technology Advisory Panel

Workplaces

• University of Melbourne (physiology)
• University of Melbourne (engineering)