Sutton, Harvey

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O.B.E., M.D., Ch.B., D.P.H. (Melb.), B.Sc. (Oxon.), F.R.A.C.P., F.R.San.I, Director of School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine and Professor of Preventive Medicine : Major, A.A.M.C., A.I.F., Egypt and Palestine. Enlisting 12th December, 1915, and sailing 12th March, 1916, joined No. 2 Australian Stationary Hospital, Tel-el-Kebir, 12th April. Was appointed O.C. 7th Sanitary Section, Anzac Mounted Division 18th June, invalided from Maraket to No. 14 A.G.H., Cairo, 6th September and on leave to England from 3rd October to 30th December. Served at Romani, Rafa, Gaza I and II, Amman, Es Salt and final Trans-Jordan campaign. Put in charge of Anzac Clearing Station 18th September, 1918. Became D.A.D.M.S. Anzac Mounted Division at Kantara from 27th April to 3rd July, 1919. Promoted Major, 11th February, 1919. Awarded O.B.E. in December, 1919, and Mentioned in Despatches. A.M.F. : Assistant Director of Hygiene, 2nd District Base, Sydney, 1921-29. Rhodes Scholar. Early education at St. Andrew's College, Bendigo. Later at Trinity College, Melbourne.

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1882

Birth in Castlemaine -- VIC, Australia 18 February 1882
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Early education at St Andrew's College, Bendigo, VIC, Australia
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Early education at Trinity College, Parkville, VIC, Australia
1903

Tertiary education at University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia 1903
1903

Resident Medical Officer at Children's Hospital -- Melbourne VIC, Australia 1903
1905

Tertiary education at University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia 1905
1908

Tertiary education at Oxford University, Oxford, England 12 March 1908
1908

Resident Medical Officer at Charing Cross Hospital -- London, United Kingdom 1908
1909

Medical Officer at Department of Public Instruction -- Melbourne VIC, Australia 1909
1915

Military service as Captain 12 December 1915
1915

School Medical Officer at Moorabbin -- VIC, Australia 1915
1915

Enlisted 12 Dec 1915
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Military service as Major at Egypt --, Egypt ; Palestinian Territories --, Palestinian Territory, Occupied
1917

Married 23 Oct 1917 at St Philips Church Kensington [ London UK ]
1919

Tertiary education at University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia 1919
1919

Tertiary education at University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia 1919
1919

Military service as Temporary Major 29 September 1919
1919

Military award: O.B.E. on 1919-12-31
1920

Principal Medical Officer at Department of Public Instruction -- Sydney NSW, Australia 1920
1930

Professor of Preventive Medicine at Camperdown -University of Sydney- NSW, Australia 1930
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Military award: Mentioned in Despatches on
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Resident Medical Officer at Chelsea -Lister Institute- London, England
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Lecturer in Public Health and Preventive Medicine at Camperdown -University of Sydney- NSW, Australia
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Member of Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science
1963

Death in Rose Bay -- NSW, Australia 21 June 1963

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