Melbourne, Alexander Clifford Vernon

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He was Queensland government representative on the Queensland and Federal advisory committees on Eastern trade (chairman of both in 1933-35). Backed by the government and the university, Melbourne returned to East Asia in 1936 and compiled a Report on a Visit to the Universities of China and Japan (Brisbane, 1936). He also wrote several pamphlets on foreign policy for the Australian Institute of International Affairs. From ADB entry

Book of Remembrance entry

On 20 August 1914 he enlisted as captain in the 9th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force, left with the first contingent, shared in the horrors of Gallipoli and was wounded on 25 April and 4 June 1915. Invalided out of active service in October, Melbourne returned to his previous position at the University of Queensland in 1916, but for much of 1916-18 worked in censorship and on troop-ships. From ADB entry

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1888

Birth in Hackney -- SA, Australia 10 June 1888
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Early education at Pupil Teachers' School, South Australia, SA, Australia
1910

Tertiary education at Adelaide University, South Australia, SA, Australia 14 December 1910
1914

Enlisted 1 Aug 1914
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Military service as Captain
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Military service as Captain
1914

Embarked 24 Sep 1914
1915

Wounded 25 Apr 1915 at Gallipoli [ Turkey ]
1915

Wounded 3 Jun 1915 at Gallipoli [ Turkey ]
1915

Returned to Australia 20 Nov 1915
1916

Assistant Lecturer in History at St Lucia -University of Queensland- Brisbane, QLD, Australia 1916
1916

Re-appointed 18 Nov 1916
1919

Lecturer at St Lucia -University of Queensland- Brisbane, QLD, Australia 1919
1921

Tertiary education at Adelaide University, South Australia, SA, Australia 1921
1928

Awarded Lara Spelman Rockerfeller Scholarship 1928
1930

Tertiary education at University of London, London, United Kingdom 1930
1931

Travelled to Japan and China 1931 - 1932
1934

Associate Professor of History at St Lucia -University of Queensland- Brisbane, QLD, Australia 1934
1935

Tertiary education at University of Queensland, St Lucia, Brisbane, QLD, Australia 1935
1935

Appointed 1 Mar 1935 at Senate of the University of Queensland : University of Queensland [ QLD Australia ]
1936

Travelled to Japan and China 1936
1937

Services terminated 4 Mar 1937 at University of Queensland : St Lucia [ Brisbane, QLD Australia ]
1943

Death in Brisbane -- QLD, Australia 7 January 1943

Gender

Male

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