QUICK, BALCOMBE

Furthermore

His unit claimed 'the distinction of being the first in the British Army to use an X-ray apparatus in the field'.

Book of Remembrance entry

QUICK, BALCOMBE. 1898.
Cumloden; Trinity; M.B., B.S. (Melb.); F.R.C.S. (England); Hon. Surgeon Alfred Hospital; Examiner in Surgery.
A.A.M.C., Capt. 5.8.14, 2nd F. Amb.; 1st A.G.H. Dece mber 1915; 2nd A.C.C.S. September 1917; Major 1916; Lieut.-Col. 20.2.17. D.S.O. June 1917. Demob. January 1919.

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1883

Birth in Dunedin --, New Zealand 12 May 1883
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Early education at Cumloden College, St Kilda, VIC, Australia
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Tertiary education at Medicine.F.R.C.S.
1904

Tertiary education at University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia 1904
1904

Registered as a Medical Practitioner 9 Dec 1904 at Moorabbin -- VIC, Australia
1905

Tertiary education at University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia 1905
1905

Resident Medical Officer at Alfred Hospital Melbourne -- VIC, Australia 1905
1910

Member of Royal College of Surgeons since 1910
1914

Military service 5 August 1914
1918

Military award: D.S.O. on 1918-06-01
1919

Military service 1 January 1919
1919

Certifying Medical Practitioner at Melbourne -- VIC, Australia 19 March 1919
1919

In-Patient Surgeon at Melbourne -- VIC, Australia 1919
1927

Member of Royal Australasian College of Surgeons since 1927
1938

Dean of Hospital Clinical School at Melbourne -- VIC, Australia 1938
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Visiting Surgeon at Caulfield -- VIC, Australia
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Stewart Lecturer at Parkville -University of Melbourne- VIC, Australia
1969

Death in Melbourne -- VIC, Australia 5 September 1969

Gender

Male