ALBISTON, HAROLD EDWARD

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Albiston was the longest serving member of the Veterinary Science Faculty of the University of Melbourne (48 years),the longest serving member of the Board of Royal Melbourne Zoological Gardens (43 years)and the longest-serving honorary editor of the "Australian Veterinary Journal" (23 years). He was also the director of the Veterinary Research Institute at Parkville for 32 years, making it the premier veterinarian research facility in Australia, and he was a member of the Veterinary Board of Victoria for 33 years.

Book of Remembrance entry

ALBISTON, HAROLD EDWARD. 1915.
W.C.; B.V.Sc.
26.8.18, Capt. Vet. Corps; sailed 2.11.18; troopship recalled; re-embarked 25.1.19; Vet. Hospital 30.3.19. Demob. 12.10.19.

TIMELINE

1897

Birth in Armadale -- VIC, Australia 26 March 1897
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Early education at Wesley College, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
1918

Tertiary education at University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia 1918
1918

Military service as Captain 26 August 1918
1919

Military service 12 October 1919
1920

Lecturer in Veterinary Science at Parkville -University of Melbourne- VIC, Australia 1920
1920

Awarded Walter and Eliza Hall Research Fellow 1920 - 1923
1923

Officer in Charge at Gawler -- SA, Australia 1923
1929

Tertiary education at University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia 1929
1929

Director at Parkville -- VIC, Australia 1929
1933

Member of Australian Veterinary Association since 1933
1934

Member of Victorian Veterinarian Association since 1934
1938

Member of Royal Melbourne Zoological Gardens since 1938
1939

Honorary Editor Australian Veterinary Journal 1939 - 1962
1959

Awarded Gilruth Prize 1959
1963

Appointed C.B.E. 1963
1994

Death in Richmond -- VIC, Australia 13 August 1994

Gender

Male