DOWNES, RUPERT MAJOR

Furthermore

He wrote the section on the Sinai and Palestine Campaign in Vol.1 Official History of the Australian Army Medical Services.

Book of Remembrance entry

DOWNES, RUPERT MAJOR. 1903.
Haileybury Coll.; Ormond; M.D., M.S.; double blue (cricket and tennis).
2.10.14, A.A.M.C., Lieut.-Col. commanding 3rd L.H. Fld. Amb.; sailed 2.2.15; Egypt 9.3.15; Gallipoli 13.5.15-30.11.15; 13.3.16, A.D.M.S. Anzac Mtd. Div., later A.D.M.S. to A.I.F. in Egypt; Sinai and Palestine campaigns; Colonel 20.2.17; 10.8.17, D.D.M.S. Desert Mtd. Corps; 1.4.18, D.D.M.S. to A.I.F. in Egypt; Palestine and Syrian campaign; to England 28.3.19. C.M.G. 1.1.18; Despatches four times. Brevet Lieut.-Col. C.M.F. 1.1.18. Demob. 2.7.19.

TIMELINE

1885

Birth in Mitcham -- SA, Australia 10 February 1885
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Early education at Haileybury College, Haileybury College, Melbourne, Australia
1911

Tertiary education at University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia 1911
1912

Tertiary education at University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia 1912
1915

Military service as Lieutenant Colonel 2 February 1915
1918

Military award: C.M.G. on 1918
1919

Military service 2 July 1919
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Demonstrator in Anatomy at Parkville -University of Melbourne- VIC, Australia
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Tutor at Parkville -University of Melbourne- VIC, Australia
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Clinical Surgical Assistant at Melbourne -Royal Melbourne Hospital- VIC, Australia
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Clinical Surgical Assistant at Melbourne -- VIC, Australia
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Honorary Consulting Surgeon at Melbourne -- VIC, Australia
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Honorary Consulting Surgeon at Melbourne -- VIC, Australia
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Honorary Surgeon at Little Bay -Prince Henry Hospital- NSW, Australia
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Lecturer in Medical Ethics and Professional Conduct at Parkville -University of Melbourne- VIC, Australia
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Member of College of Surgeons of Australasia
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Member of British Medical Association (BMA)
1945

DOWNES R.M. : Death 5 Mar 1945 Aeroplane Accident

Gender

Male