People Australia

Life Summary [details]

Birth

13 February, 1905
Northam, Western Australia, Australia

Death

27 March, 1975 (aged 70)
Nedlands, Perth, Western Australia, 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.

• Methodist
• Presbyterian

Education

• Northam State School (WA)
• Methodist Ladies' College (Claremont, Perth)
• University of Sydney

Occupation or Descriptor

• medical administrator
• prisoner of war (Australian)
• public servant
• surgeon

Military Service

• World War II
• Bangkinang internment camp (Indonesia)
• Fall of Singapore, 1942

Awards

• Dagmar Berne prize (University of Sydney)
• Officer of the Order of the British Empire

Key Organisations

• Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
• Royal College of Surgeons (Edinburgh)

Workplaces

• Western Australian Schools Medical Services