Mulvey, Roy Dadson

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In 1939 when Dr Mulvey was a GP at Bathurst he donated a handsome cup for an annual debating competition between the public high schools at Bathurst, Orange and Dubbo. It is called The Mulvey Cup and is still contended today. From P.Bourke Dec 2017 via email

Book of Remembrance entry

M.C., B.A., B.Sc., M.B., Ch.M. : Captain, 8th Light Trench Mortar Battery, A.I.F., France. Enlisting 5th October, 1915, and sailing n th March, 1916, with 4th Reinforcements 30th Battn. as second-lieutenant, crossed to France (via Egypt) in June. Joining battery 20th June near Bois Grenier, served at Fleurbaix, Armentieres, Somme, Ypres, Polygon Wood and Passchendaele, being O.C. Battery, temporary captain, from n th November, 1916. Wounded at Le Transloy 21st February, 1917, and severely at Broodseinde Ridge 21st October when evacuated to hospital and thence to Australia, arriving 5th March, 1918. Promoted lieutenant, 9th September, 19 16; captain, 3rd May, 1917. Awarded M.C. 4th June, 1917, and Mentioned in Despatches. Early education at East Maitland High School. Later at Teachers' College.

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1889

Birth in Newcastle --, England 1889
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Early education at East Maitland High School, East Maitland, NSW, Australia
1912

Tertiary education at University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia 1912
1914

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

Assistant at Parramatta -- NSW, Australia 1915
1915

Enlisted 5 Oct 1915
1916

Military service as Captain at France --, France ; Unknown -- Somme, France ; Armentieres -- Nord, France ; Ypres --, Belgium ; Fleurbaix --, France 1916
1917

Military award: M.C. Military Cross on 1917-06-04
1917

Wounded 21 Oct 1917 at Broodseinde Ridge : Broodseinde [ Belgium ]
1917

Wounded 21 Feb 1917 at Le Transloy [ Pas-de-Calais France ]
1919

Resigned from teaching service 1919
1923

Tertiary education at University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia 1923
1923

Tertiary education at University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia 1923
1928

Government Medical Officer at Oberon -- NSW, Australia 1928
1937

Government Medical Officer at Bathurst -- NSW, Australia 1937
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Military award: Mentioned in Despatches on
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Member of Western Medical Association
1952

Death in Netherlands --, Netherlands 1952

Gender

Male

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