Waddy, Richard Granville

 Person: id 4248
University connections
USyd
Event flag
World War I
Family name
Waddy
Given name(s)
Richard Granville
Initials
R.G.
Gender
Male
Survived
Survived WWI
OCRd book entry or other narrative
M.B., Ch.M.; B.Sc., D.O. (Oxon.), F.R.A.C.S. : Captain, R.A.M.C., England, Egypt and Palestine. Enlisting in King Edward's Horse at Oxford, 1909, was seconded in Egypt, 1913-14. Returning to England at the outbreak of War, was mobilised as combatant with rank of lieutenant, transferred in December to R.A.M.C. (Special Reserve) and promoted captain, 1915. Served as Eye Specialist at Aldershot till joining Mediterranean Force in late 1915 and went in same capacity to 15th and 17th General Hospitals, Alexandria. Later was attached to the parent ships of Sea Plane Service, Palestinian coast, and in 1917-18 to the Epidemic Section, D.P.H., Egypt, supervising control among the civilians, and then to Palestine till invalided out in September, 1919, returning to Australia n th November. Rhodes Scholar, 1908. Lecturer in Ophthalmology. Hon. Consulting Ophthalmic Surgeon, Women's Hospital. Early education at The King's School. Later at St. Paul's College and Balliol.
USyd residential college
St. Paul's College, University of Sydney
Parental occupation
Bank Manager
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