Downey, Michael Henry

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Echuca G.S.; M.B., B.S. (Melb.), L.R.C.P. & S. (Edin.); Lecturer on Psychological Medicine Univ. of Adelaide. A.A.M.C., Lieut.-Col. commanding 11th F. Amb. 10.2.16; Colonel anci A.D.M.S. 5th Div. 26.10.17. England and France. D.S.O. 1.1.18; Despatches thrice. Returned June 1919.

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1877

Birth in Toolleen -- VIC, Australia 20 October 1877
1904

Tertiary education at University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia 1904
1904

Tertiary education at University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia 1904
1906

Married 23 May 1906 at St Patrick's Cathedral : Melbourne [ VIC Australia ]
1916

Military service as Colonel at France --, France 10 February 1916
1917

Military award: D.S.O. on 1917
1917

Military award: Mentioned in Despatches on 1917
1920

Colonel 1920
1920

Lecturer in Psychiatry at South Australia -- SA, Australia 1920
1926

Superintendent at Parkside -Parkside Hospital- SA, Australia 1926
1933

Death in North Adelaide -- SA, Australia 17 April 1933

Gender

Male

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