Sawers, William Campbell

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D.S.O., M.B., B.S. (Melb.), D.T.M. (Liv.), D.P.H. (Oxon.), F.R.A.C.P., Lecturer, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine : Lieutenant-Colonel, A.A.M.C., A.I.F., France. Enlisting 12th October, 1914, and sailing 14th December with No. 2 Australian Stationary Hospital, crossed from Egypt to France with 3rd Australian Field Ambulance, becoming R.M.O. n th Battn. In 1917 and 1918 was with 14th A.F.Amb., and No. 2 A.G.H.,Wimereux, serving until demobilisation, although wounded 28th August, 1918. Promoted major, 14th November, 19 16; lieutenant-colonel, 25th May, 1919. Awarded D.S.O., 1st January, 1919. Early education at Scotch College, Melbourne. Later at Ormond.

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1886

Sawers W.C. : Life.Birth 10 Mar 1886
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Early education at Scotch College, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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Tertiary education at University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia
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Tertiary education at University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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Tertiary education at Oxford University, Oxford, England
1910

Tertiary education at University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia 1910
1911

Registered as a Medical Practitioner 4 Jan 1911 at Moorabbin -- VIC, Australia
1914

Enlisted 12 Oct 1914
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Military service as Lieutenant Colonel at France --, France
1919

Military award: D.S.O. on 1919-01-01
1919

Medical Practitioner at Barraba -- NSW, Australia 31 January 1919
1924

Medical Practitioner at Barraba -- NSW, Australia 18 January 1924
1926

Medical Practitioner 19 March 1926
1926

Majesty's Representative for the Commonwealth 26 Mar 1926 at Paris [ France ]
1948

Senior Medical Officer 31 August 1948
1948

Retired 31 Aug 1948
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Member of Royal Australasian College of Physicians

Gender

Male

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Portrait of Dr Robert Campbell Sawers [ jpg ]

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