Newland, Henry Simpson

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As with many other surgeons, his skills were enhanced by World War I during which he did remarkable work in transforming battered faces. He served with the Australian Imperial Force in Egypt, Lemnos, Gallipoli and France, gaining experience of military surgery at Ypres and Passchendaele. He was lieutenant-colonel commanding the Australian section of Queen Mary Hospital, Sidcup, where pioneer work in plastic surgery was carried out. In 1918 he represented the Australian Army Medical Corps at the Inter-Allied Surgical Conference, Paris. Later he wrote the section on facio-maxillary injuries in volume 3 of the Official History of the Australian Army Medical Services (1943).
A portrait of Sir Henry won the Archibald Prize in 1953.

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1873

Birth in Kensington -- SA, Australia 24 November 1873
1895

Early education at St Peter's College, Adelaide, SA, Australia 1895
1896

Tertiary education at Adelaide University, South Australia, SA, Australia 1896
1898

Tertiary education at London Hospital, London Hospital, London, England 1898
1898

Tertiary education at London Hospital, London Hospital, London, England 1898
1900

Tertiary education at London Hospital, London Hospital, London, England 1900
1901

Surgical Registrar at London Hospital -- London, England 1901
1902

Tertiary education at Adelaide University, South Australia, SA, Australia 1902
1902

General Practitioner at South Australia -- SA, Australia 1902
1904

Demonstrator in Anatomy at The University of Adelaide -- Adelaide, SA, Australia 1904
1908

Honorary Staff at Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide -- SA, Australia 1908
1910

Married Ellen Mary Lindon 14 Jul 1910 at St Peter's College Chapel : Adelaide [ SA Australia ]
1912

Lecturer at South Australia -- SA, Australia 1912
1914

Military service as Lieutenant Colonel at Egypt --, Egypt ; Gallipoli --, Turkey ; France --, France 1914
1917

Military award: Mentioned in Despatches on 1917
1918

Military award: D.S.O. on 1918
1918

Represented the AAMC, Inter-Allied Surgical Conference 1918 at Paris [ France ]
1919

Military award: C.B.E. on 1919
1919

Consultant Surgeon at Daw Park -Repatriation Hospital- SA, Australia 1919
1925

Founder St Marks Residential College 1925 at St Marks Residential College [ Adelaide Australia ]
1928

Knight of British Empire 1928
1933

Honorary Consulting Surgeon at Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide -- SA, Australia 1933
1943

Founder at Adelaide -South Australian Tuberculosis Association- SA, Australia 1943
1951

Retired 1951 at South Australia -- SA, Australia
1954

Founding Director at Adelaide -Santos- SA, Australia 18 March 1954
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Member of Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
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Member of British Medical Association (BMA)
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Member of Australian Medical Association (AMA)
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Member of South Australian Tuberculosis Association
1969

Newland H.S. : Death 13 Nov 1969

Gender

Male

From the archives

Sir H Newland front row, 5th from left - Faculty of Medicine Teaching Staff - 1935 [ jpg ]

Sir H. Simpson Newland performing an operation at the Adelaide Hospital (from SLSA) [ jpg ]

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