Harrison, Launcelot

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After about fifteen months postgraduate work and after having previously been rejected for military service, Harrison was appointed advisory entomologist to the British Expeditionary Force in Mesopotamia with the rank of lieutenant. His preventive work on insect-carried diseases saved many lives, although he himself contracted both typhus and malaria. From ADB

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B.A., B.Sc. : Captain, Special List, Mesopotamia. Appointed at Cambridge in April and sailing 6th May, 1916, served as Entomologist (Civilian) at Kut-el-Amara and in July given charge of whole front area—four divisions. After capture of Baghdad in March, 1917, was attached to Central Laboratories but continued to act as Inspecting Officer on Euphrates, Tigris and Dialah Fronts, under direct orders of the D.M.S. till invalided to India 14th May, England 2nd December and to Australia, arriving 9th July, 1919. Gazetted lieutenant, Special List, 13th October, 1916; captain, 13th April, 1918. 1851 Exhibition Travelling and John Coutts Scholar. War Office Research at Quick Laboratory, Cambridge, 1915. Professor of Zoology, 1923-28. President, The Union.

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1880

Birth in Wellington -- NSW, Australia 13 July 1880
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Early education at The King's School, Parramatta, NSW, Australia
1908

Married 29 Feb 1908 at North Sydney [ NSW Australia ]
1911

Junior Demostrator in Zoology & Botany at Camperdown -- Sydney, NSW, Australia 1911
1914

Tertiary education at University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia 1914
1916

Tertiary education at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, England 1916
1916

Military service as Lieutenant at Mesopotamia 1 May 1916
1918

Lecturer & Demonstrator Zoology at Camperdown -University of Sydney- NSW, Australia 1918
1920

Acting Professor & Lecturer Veterinary Parasitology at Camperdown -- Sydney, NSW, Australia 1920
1922

Challis Professor of Zoology at Camperdown -- Sydney, NSW, Australia 1922
1924

Trustee Australian Museum 1924 - 1928 @ Sydney [ NSW Australia ]
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Member of Royal Zoological Society
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Member of Linnean Society of NSW
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Enlisted
1928

Death in Narooma -- NSW, Australia 20 February 1928

Gender

Male

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