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On the advice of John Cumpston, Cook used his scholarship to survey Indigenous health in tropical Australia in 1924-25, visiting Aboriginal people in Queensland, Western Australia and the Northern Territory. He received his MD for his report The Epidemiology of Leprosy in Australia (1927) - From ADB
Book of Remembrance entry
Med IV. His name and initials were listed at the back of the Book of Remembrance as a member of the Company who volunteered for active service with the A.I.F., but was classified medically unfit.
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1897Birth in Sussex --, England 23 September 1897
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1897Birth 23 Sep 1897 at Sussex [ England ]
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1914Early education at The Southport School, Southport, QLD, Australia 1914
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1920Tertiary education at University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia 1920
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1920Tertiary education at University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia 1920
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1920Resident Medical Officer at Brisbane -Brisbane Hospital- QLD, Australia 1920
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1920Medical Practitioner at Barcaldine -- QLD, Australia 1920
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1920General Practitioner at Hughenden -- QLD, Australia 1920
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1923Tertiary education at London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, England 1923
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1923Awarded Wandsworth Scholarship 1923
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1925Medical Officer at Townsville -- QLD, Australia 1 December 1925
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1927Chief Medical Officer at Northern Territory -- N.T., Australia 1927
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1929Tertiary education at University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia 1929
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1930Studied Anthropology and Public Health 1930 at University of Sydney : Camperdown [ NSW Australia ]
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1931Tertiary education at University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia 1931
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1931Chief Protector of Aborigines at Northern Territory -- N.T., Australia 1931
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1934Established Northern Territory Aerial Medical Service 1934
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1935Appointed C.B.E. 1935
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1935Awarded the Cilento Medial 1935
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1936
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1939Lecturer in Public Health & Tropical Medicine at Camperdown -University of Sydney- NSW, Australia 1939
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1946Commissioner of Public Health at Pearce, Western Australia -- WA, Australia 1 March 1946
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1949Senior Medical Officer at Canberra -- ACT, Australia 1949
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1958Director at Canberra -- ACT, Australia 1958
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1985Death in Wahroonga -- NSW, Australia 4 July 1985
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