Duhig, James Vincent Joseph

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In 1920 he established a pathology lab at the Mater Misericordiae Hospital and in 1924 at the Brisbane General Hospital. He was a militant campaigner for the establishment of a medical school in Qld and was first Prof. of Pathology @UQ. From ADB entry

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M.B., F.R.A.C.P. : Captain, A.A.M.C., A.I.F. and B.E.F., France. Enlisting 1st April, 1917, and sailing 14th June, was on camp duty in England till March, 1918, when attached on loan to 51st Highland Division B.E.F. for duty with Highland Field Ambulance at Vimy Ridge and Roclincourt (Arras). Temporarily attached to 8th Royal Scots and other units, to temporary Casualty Clearing Station at Epernay during the second battle of the Marne, then appointed British representative Hopital de Triage, Epernay. Rejoining Ambulance 26th July, was posted to 4th Gordon Highlanders, gassed at Chaumurzy on 30th and evacuated to England. Rejoining A.A.M.C., served with 2nd Australian Field Ambulance from 12th October until demobilisation, being for short periods R.M.O. 2nd F. Artillery Bde. and 6th Battn. A.M.F. : Assistant Director of Hygiene, 1st District Base, Queensland, 1925-29. Professor of Pathology, University of Queensland, 1938-. Consulting Pathologist, Mater Misericordise Hospital, Brisbane. Early education at Eagle Junction State School and Nudgee College, Brisbane. Later at St. John''s.

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1889

Birth in Brisbane -- QLD, Australia 22 November 1889
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Early education at Eagle Junction State School, Clayfield, QLD, Australia
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Early education at Nudgee College, Boondall, QLD, Australia
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Early education at Holy Cross Convent School, Wooloowin, QLD, Australia
1908

Tertiary education at University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia 1908
1914

Tertiary education at University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia 1914
1914

Tertiary education at University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia 1914
1915

Registered as Medical Practitioner QLD 11 Nov 1915
1917

Enlisted 1 Apr 1917
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Military service as Captain at France --, France
1917

Embarked 14 Jun 1917 at Sydney [ NSW Australia ]
1919

Worked 1 Apr 1919 - 1 Jul 1919 @ King's College Hospital [ London England ]
1920

Pathologist at Wickham Terrace -- Brisbane, QLD, Australia 1920
1922

Lived at 1922 at Brisbane [ QLD Australia ]
1923

Tertiary education at University of Queensland, St Lucia, Brisbane, QLD, Australia 1923
1926

Lecturer at Brisbane -- QLD, Australia 1926
1931

Medical Practitioner at Brisbane -- QLD, Australia 1 January 1931
1932

Lived at 1932 - 1937 @ Brisbane [ QLD Australia ]
1935

Commissioner at Brisbane -- QLD, Australia 24 October 1935
1935

Member of Book Censorship Abolition League of Qld since 1935
1936

Licensed under Cremation Act 23 Dec 1936 at Brisbane [ QLD Australia ]
1938

Professor at St Lucia -University of Queensland- Brisbane, QLD, Australia 1938
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Member of Association of Clinical Pathologists
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Member of Royal Queensland Art Society
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Member of Queensland Rationalist Society
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Member of Queensland Co-operative Hotels Ltd
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Member of Royal Society of Queensland
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Member of Australia & NZ Association for the Advancement of Science
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Founded at Red Cross Blood Bank [ QLD Australia ]
1963

Death in Brisbane -- QLD, Australia 14 April 1963

Gender

Male

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Portrait of Dr James Vincent Joseph Duhig [ jpg ]

Reverse of portrait of Dr James Vincent Jospeh Duhig [ jpg ]

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