Kirkwood, Noel Edmund Barton

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M.C., M.B., Ch.M. : Major, A.A.M.C., A.I.F., Egypt, Gallipoli and France. Enlisting 16th May, 1915, and sailing 6th June, joined No. 1 Australian General Hospital, Cairo, and served as M.O. in charge of Light Horse Details Camp, Maadi. Then was M.O. Casualty Clearing Station, Lemnos, and from 22nd December R.M.O. 5th Battn. in Lemnos and Egypt. Being appointed R.M.O. 1st Battn. 17th March, 1916, crossed with it to France and was at Fleurbaix, Pozieres, Ypres, Somme and elsewhere. On 28th June, 1917, transferred to 1st Australian Field Ambulance and on 31st July to 2nd Casualty Clearing Station, serving till wounded at Westhoek 8th October and evacuated to England and Australia, arriving in April, 1918. Awarded M.C.* and Mentioned in Despatches. A.M.F. : Lieutenant-Colonel, A.A.M.C. Early education at Drummoyne Public and Sydney Grammar Schools. After graduation in Medicine two years in Arts to 1939. * He worked continuously for ninety hours, attending wounded under heavy shell-fire.

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Early education at Drummoyne Public School, Drummoyne, NSW, Australia
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Early education at Sydney Grammar School, Darlinghurst, Sydney, Australia
1914

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

Medical Practitioner at Gladesville -- NSW, Australia 1915
1915

Enlisted 16 May 1915
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Military service as Major at Egypt --, Egypt ; Gallipoli --, Turkey ; France --, France
1917

Military award: M.C. Military Cross on 1917
1918

Tertiary education at University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia 1918
1927

Medical Practitioner at Wollongong -- NSW, Australia 1927
1948

Deputy Superintendent at Rozelle -Callan Park Hospital- NSW, Australia 1948
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Military award: Mentioned in Despatches on

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