North, Robert Bell

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Joined the Sydney University Scouts and appointed 2nd Lt (prov) 31/1/1913. Transferred to Aust. Army Medical Corps ( as Captain) 15 May 1915. He pioneered the Divisional Resuscitation Team.

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M.B., Ch.M.; D.O.M.S. (Lond.), F.R.A.C.S. : Major, A.A.M.C., A.I.F., Egypt and France. Enlisting in June, 1915, and sailing 9th October as M.O. troopship Beltana , joined 8th Australian Field Ambulance, taking part in an Arab engagement. Crossing with 13th to the Somme, via England soon became R.M.O. 4th Australian Divisional Train and later joined 12th A.F.Amb. as major. Transferring in November, 1917, after much Front Line work, to No. 2 Australian General Hospital, Wimereux, and in April, 1918, to n th A.F.Amb. as second in command, organised 3rd Division Resuscitation Team. After the Armistice went to No. 1 A.G.H. and later did two months post-graduate work, serving until demobilisation. Early education at Sydney Grammar School.

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1889

Birth in Ashfield -- NSW, Australia 1889
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Early education at Sydney Grammar School, Darlinghurst, Sydney, Australia
1913

Tertiary education at University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia 1913
1913

Tertiary education at University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia 1913
1915

North, Alan Lindsay
1915

Enlisted 1 Jun 1915
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Military service as Major at Egypt --, Egypt ; France --, France
1919

Returned to Australia 1 Apr 1919
1921

Tertiary education at London University, London, United Kingdom 1921
1921

Honorary Opthalmic Surgeon at Sydney -Sydney Hospital- NSW, Australia 1921
1928

Married 1 Sep 1928 at St Stephen's Church : Sydney [ NSW Australia ]
1929

Tertiary education at Medicine.F.R.A.C.S., 1929 1929
1935

Medical Practitioner at Sydney -Macquarie Street- NSW, Australia 1935
1953

Death in Chatswood -- NSW, Australia 1953

Gender

Male

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