Shellshear, Joseph Lexden
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Shellshear
Given name(s)
Joseph Lexden
Initials
J.L.
Honorific
Prof.
Gender
Male
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also spelled as Lexton
Early education
Tertiary education
Survived
Survived WWI
Occupations
Shellshear J.L. : Medical Practitioner 1908 - 1915 @ Albury [ NSW Australia ]Shellshear J.L. : Rockefeller Fellow 1920 - 1922 University College, London @ London [ England ]Shellshear J.L. : Lecturer 1921 - @ United States Of America [ USA ]Shellshear J.L. : Senior Demonstrator 1922 - University College, London @ University College London : London [ England ]Shellshear J.L. : Chair of Anatomy 1922 - 1936 University Of Hong Kong @ University Of Hong Kong : Hong Kong [ Hong Kong ]Shellshear J.L. : Medical Practitioner 1937 - 1958 Private Practice @ Macquarie Street : Sydney [ NSW Australia ]Shellshear J.L. : Research Professor 1937 - 1948 University of Sydney @ Department of Anatomy : University of Sydney [ NSW Australia ]
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D.S.O., M.D., Ch.M.; M.S. (Adel.) : Lieutenant-Colonel, 4th Brigade, A.F.A., and A.A.M.C., A.I.F., France and England. Enlisting 20th October, 1915, and sailing in November as major and O.C. 13th Battery, crossed from Egypt to France in March, 1916. Served at Fleurbaix, Pozieres, Ypres, Flers, Bullecourt, Ypres III and Messines Ridge, being promoted lieutenant-colonel and to command 4th Artillery Brigade 17th April, 1917. Transferred to A.A.M.C. at No. 3 Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Dartford, and was demobilised in U.K. 4th January, 1920, after six months' non-military employment. Awarded D.S.O. 1st January, 1918, and Mentioned in Despatches twice. Research Professor in Anatomy, 1937-. Renwick Scholar. Rockefeller Fellow, 1920-21. Professor of Anatomy, University of Hong Kong, 1923-36. Early education at King's College, Goulburn.
Later at - SYDNEY UNI ONLY
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Church of England
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11674
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