Murphy, Alexander Paterson

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Murphy delivered the presidential address at the seventh session of the Australasian Medical Congress in 1950 and the Bancroft oration in 1954. He was a director of several companies, including the Brisbane Gas Co. Ltd (1942-71). ADB entry

Book of Remembrance entry

M.C., M.B., Ch.M., F.R.A.C.P. : Captain, A.A.M.C., A.I.F., England and France. Enlisting 13th March, 1917, and sailing 9th May with A.A.M.C. Reinforcements, served with Overseas Training Brigade, No. 2 Australian General Hospital, Wimereux, 1st Australian Field Ambulance, 12th Battn., 1st Divisional Engineers and until demobilisation, although wounded slightly at Chuignolles 24th August, 1918. Awarded M.C.* and Mentioned in Despatches. Early education at Brisbane Grammar School. Later at St. Andrew's College. * For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty near Peronne from 23rd to 26th August, 1918, as R.M.O. of a battalion. He placed his aid post in a railway cutting, where he dressed the wounded of his own and other units, under machine-gun and shell fire. When all our wounded had been cleared he went out and attended to the enemy in the open; while doing so, a shell burst in their midst, killing his orderly, a stretcher-bearer and several wounded, and wounding him. He continued his work for another 24 hours before reporting for relief.

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1892

Birth in Brisbane -- QLD, Australia 25 October 1892
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Early education at Brisbane Grammar School, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
1916

Tertiary education at University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia 1916
1916

Tertiary education at University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia 1916
1917

Enlisted 13 Mar 1917
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Military service as Captain at Wingate, England --, United Kingdom ; France --, France
1918

Military award: M.C. Military Cross on 1918-09-03
1920

General Practitioner at Brisbane -- QLD, Australia 11 March 1920
1920

Registered as Medical Practitioner QLD 11 Mar 1920 at Queensland [ QLD Australia ]
1921

Married 8 Oct 1921 at St Luke's Anglican Church : Toowoomba [ QLD Australia ]
1922

Lived at 1922 at Brisbane [ QLD Australia ]
1928

Specialist Physician at Wickham Terrace -Ballow Chambers- QLD, Australia 1928
1932

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

Lecturer at St Lucia -University of Queensland- Brisbane, QLD, Australia 1937
1938

Senior Visiting Physician at Brisbane General Hospital -Herston- QLD, Australia 1938
1938

Member of Royal Australasian College of Physicians since 1938
1946

Foundation Professor at St Lucia -University of Queensland- Brisbane, QLD, Australia 1946
1947

Tertiary education at University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia 1947
1953

Cardiologist at Brisbane General Hospital -Herston- QLD, Australia 1953
1954

Tertiary education at Medicine.F.R.A.C.P., 1954 1954
1954

Appointed K.B.E. 1954
1957

Visiting Consultant in Cardiology and Medicine at South Brisbane -- QLD, Australia 1957
1958

Tertiary education at University of Tasmania, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia 1958
1962

Retired 1962
1967

Tertiary education at University of Queensland, St Lucia, Brisbane, QLD, Australia 1967
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Military award: Mentioned in Despatches on
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Member of British Medical Association QLD branch
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Member of Australian Medical Association (AMA)
1976

Death in Hamilton -- QLD, Australia 1 October 1976

Gender

Male

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Portrait of Dr Alexander Paterson Murphy [ jpg ]

Reverse of portrait of Dr Alexander Paterson Murphy [ jpg ]

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