Harvey, William Cotter Burnell
Person: id 5129
University connections
USyd
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World War I
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Family name
Harvey
Given name(s)
William Cotter Burnell
Initials
W.C.B.
Gender
Male
Early education
Tertiary education
Start date
1915
Combined start dates
1915
Survived
Survived WWI
Occupations
Harvey W.C.B. : Resident Medical Officer - Royal Prince Alfred Hospital @ Royal Prince Alfred Hospital : Camperdown [ NSW Australia ]Harvey W.C.B. : Medical Practitioner 1922 - Hospital for Consumption and Chest Diseases @ Brompton [ London UK ]Harvey W.C.B. : Medical Practitioner - A Sanatorium @ Switzerland [ Switzerland ]Harvey W.C.B. : Physician for Pulmonary Diseases 1924 - 1957 Royal North Shore Hospital @ Royal North Shore Hospital : St Leonards [ NSW Australia ]Harvey W.C.B. : Honorary Assistant Physician 1925 - 1957 Royal Prince Alfred Hospital @ Royal Prince Alfred Hospital : Camperdown [ NSW Australia ]Harvey W.C.B. : Medical Practitioner - 1975 Private Practice @ Macquarie Street : Sydney [ NSW Australia ]
Professional Association Memberships
Other events
Harvey W.C.B. : Life.Birth 24 Sep 1897 - @ Grenfell [ NSW Australia ]Harvey W.C.B. : Military and health.Enlisted 27 Jun 1918Harvey W.C.B. : Relationships.Married 2 Feb 1924 - @ St James, King St [ Sydney NSW Australia ]Harvey W.C.B. : Specific terms.Appointed C.B.E. 1965Harvey W.C.B. : Specific terms.Awarded Sir Robert Philip Medal of Chest and Heart Association 1967 - @ Wingate, England --,
United Kingdom
OCRd book entry or other narrative
Med IV. His surname and initials are listed at the back of the Book of Remembrance, as a member of the Company who enlisted as a private in the A.I.F. and was given leave of absence to complete the Medical Course.
Later at - SYDNEY UNI ONLY
USyd residential college
St. Paul's College, University of Sydney
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Parental occupation
Medical Practitioner
Narrative - quote
Concerned by the growing incidence of carcinoma of the lung, Harvey led the campaign against tobacco smoking. In 1965 he urged the founding of the Australian Council on Smoking and Health. He incurred some unpopularity, particularly with the tobacco companies, who continued to deny that there was a causal link between smoking and disease. He visited schools and sporting bodies, regularly wrote to the press, and persuaded other medical organisations and colleagues to join the campaign. One specific achievement was the banning of cigarette vending machines in hospitals. When progress seemed slow, he persisted, saying that he had great faith in `the inevitability of gradualness’. Much of the change in the attitudes of Australians to smoking can be attributed to Harvey and those whom he mobilised. ADB
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In January 1941 he was appointed as a lieutenant colonel in the Australian Army Medical Corps, AIF. Next month he sailed for Malaya as senior physician with the 2/10th Australian General Hospital. Captured when the Japanese took Singapore in February 1942, he treated patients, including some with tuberculosis, at Changi and Kranji, strove to improve the prisoners’ diet and presided over the Changi Medical Society. ADB
ADB Entry ID
12604
Discovering Anzacs
WWI
Yes
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No
SourceInfo
UniComp
Source Details text
SUU Annual Report 1947Senior Year Book 1946-47, Medical Faculty, p. 27
UniCompDegree
Med. IV.
UniCompStatus
Medical Section