McLelland, Hugh Sylvester

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M.B., Ch.M., F.R.A.C.S. : Major, A.A.M.C., A.I.F., France; also Surgeon R.A.N. Served on H.M.A.S. Encounter from December, 1914, to June, I9I5-Enlisting 3rd March, 1916, served at Liverpool Camp and No. 6 Australian General Hospital, Kangaroo Point, till taking up transport duty as temporary major in September. Later was permitted to go to the Front and appointed Registrar No. 2 A.G.H., Wimereux, as major 24th August, 1917. A.M.F. : Assistant Director of Hygiene, 1st District Base, Brisbane, 1929-32. Early education at Maitland High and Sydney Grammar Schools.

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1889

Birth in Lismore -- NSW, Australia 11 October 1889
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Early education at Maitland High School, Maitland, NSW, Australia
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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
1914

Registrar at Camperdown -Royal Prince Alfred Hospital- NSW, Australia 1914
1915

Assistant Medical Superintendent at Camperdown -Royal Prince Alfred Hospital- NSW, Australia 1915
1916

Enlisted 3 Mar 1916
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Military service as Major at France --, France
1919

Government Medical Officer at Maryborough -- QLD, Australia 1919
1926

Obstetrician at Wickham Terrace -- Brisbane, QLD, Australia 1926
1939

Lecturer in Obstetrics & Gynaecology at St Lucia -University of Queensland- Brisbane, QLD, Australia 1939
1953

Death in Brisbane -- QLD, Australia 28 August 1953

Gender

Male

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