Hornabrook, Rupert Walter
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UMelbUAdelaide
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World War I
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Hornabrook
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Rupert Walter
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R.W.
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Dr.
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Male
Early education
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University role
Lecturer
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https://digital.library.adelaide.edu.au/dspace/handle/2440/15604
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Survived WWI
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HORNABROOK, RUPERT WALTER.
St. Peter's Coll., Adelaide; M.B., B.S. (Adelaide), M.R.C.S. (England),
L.R.C.P. (London); Univ. Instructor in Anaesthetics; Adelaide inter-Univ. eight, lacrosse, cricket, football; Boer War, Despatches 2.4.01; wounded 6.1.1900.
R.A.N. 3.8.14, Surgeon H.M.A.S. Australia; Pacific and North Sea till 4.8.15; transf. to A.I.F. December 1916, Capt. A.A.M.C., No. I A.G.H.; Major 24.8.17; France and Belgium 1917. Demob. 22.12.17.
St. Peter's Coll., Adelaide; M.B., B.S. (Adelaide), M.R.C.S. (England),
L.R.C.P. (London); Univ. Instructor in Anaesthetics; Adelaide inter-Univ. eight, lacrosse, cricket, football; Boer War, Despatches 2.4.01; wounded 6.1.1900.
R.A.N. 3.8.14, Surgeon H.M.A.S. Australia; Pacific and North Sea till 4.8.15; transf. to A.I.F. December 1916, Capt. A.A.M.C., No. I A.G.H.; Major 24.8.17; France and Belgium 1917. Demob. 22.12.17.
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R W Hornabrook took up a position as Lecturer at Melbourne University after his World War I appointment with 1 AGH Surgical Team was terminated in 1917. He continued his career in anaesthetics after the war.
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R W Hornabrook served as a Captain and Medical
Officer in the RAMC during the Boer War 1899-1901. He was Mentioned in Dispatches for his services and was awarded the Queen's South Africa Medal, with 6 clasps.
He joined the AAMC in 1904 and transferred to the Unattached List.
Hornabrook was appointed to the Melbourne General Hospital in 1909 and popularised the use of ethyl-chloride sequence in anaesthesia.
At age 43 he he was appointed as a surgeon in the Permanent naval Force. He resigned from this commission in 1914 and enlisted in the army in the AIF.
he was promoted to Major in 1917.
Officer in the RAMC during the Boer War 1899-1901. He was Mentioned in Dispatches for his services and was awarded the Queen's South Africa Medal, with 6 clasps.
He joined the AAMC in 1904 and transferred to the Unattached List.
Hornabrook was appointed to the Melbourne General Hospital in 1909 and popularised the use of ethyl-chloride sequence in anaesthesia.
At age 43 he he was appointed as a surgeon in the Permanent naval Force. He resigned from this commission in 1914 and enlisted in the army in the AIF.
he was promoted to Major in 1917.
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