Downey, Michael Henry

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University connections
UMelbUAdelaide
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World War I
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Family name
Downey
Given name(s)
Michael Henry
Initials
M.H.
Gender
Male

Education

Tertiary education
Downey M.H. : Medicine.B.S., 1904, University of MelbourneDowney M.H. : Medicine.M.B., 1904, University of Melbourne
Start date
1896

Life events

Birth
Downey M.H. : Life.Birth 20 Oct 1877 - @ Toolleen [ VIC Australia ]
Military service
Downey M.H. : Military and health.Served: Colonel [ France ] 10 Feb 1916
Military awards
Downey M.H. : Mentioned in Despatches 1917Downey M.H. : D.S.O. 1917
Survived
Survived WWI
Occupations
Downey M.H. : Lecturer in Psychiatry 1920 - 1933 University of Adelaide @ South Australia -- SA, AustraliaDowney M.H. : Colonel 1920 - 1926 Australian Military ForcesDowney M.H. : Superintendent 1926 - Parkside Mental Hospital @ Parkside Hospital : Parkside [ SA Australia ]
Other events
Downey M.H. : Relationships.Married 23 May 1906 - @ St Patrick's Cathedral : Melbourne [ VIC Australia ]
Death
Downey M.H. : Death 17 Apr 1933 @ North Adelaide [ SA Australia ]

USyd & UMelb only

OCRd book entry or other narrative
Echuca G.S.; M.B., B.S. (Melb.), L.R.C.P. & S. (Edin.); Lecturer on Psychological Medicine Univ. of Adelaide. A.A.M.C., Lieut.-Col. commanding 11th F. Amb. 10.2.16; Colonel anci A.D.M.S. 5th Div. 26.10.17. England and France. D.S.O. 1.1.18; Despatches thrice. Returned June 1919.
Year commenced - MELBOURNE UNI ONLY
1896

Documents and photographs

Documents
Staff Card [ jpg ]Letter from MH Downey to the Adelaide University Registrar [ pdf ]19311031 South Eastern Times p. 4 [ pdf ]19280817 Port Lincoln Times p. 9 [ pdf ]19280810 Advertiser p. 13 [ pdf ]19240925 Register p. 9 [ pdf ]
Publications
Likeman, Robert, Australian Doctors on the Western Front: France and Belgium 1916-1918. Rosenberg Publishing PTY LTD, 2014, pp. 1933.

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External links

ADB Entry ID
6009
Discovering Anzacs
https://discoveringanzacs.naa.gov.au/browse/records/3526
Australian War Memorial
https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/R1540748/
Other URLs
http://anzacsonline.net.au/2012/03/downey-michael-henry-dso/https://www.aif.adfa.edu.au/showPerson?pid=82976

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