Rennie H.C.C. : Medical Practitioner
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Medicine, Dentistry and Health
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Medical Practitioner
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Verco, C. et al, Blood, Sweat and Fears: medical practitioners and medical students of South Australia who served in World War I, 2014
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After being sent back to Australia in 1916 from the Front, H C C Rennie was appointed in 1917 as Medical Superintendent of the Bedford Park Sanatorium at Belair, an institution for tuberculosis patients. He later took on private work at the Nunyara Sanatorium as well. he worked untiringly for patients at both the Myrtle Bank and Bedford Park Sanatoria . He provided assistance in framing appeal cases for the Tubercular Soldiers' association and the Tubercular Soldiers' Aid Society to be presented to the Repatriation Department.
He enrolled for the Doctor of Medicine at University of Adelaide in 1923 but his early death in 1925 precluded his completion of his studies.
He enrolled for the Doctor of Medicine at University of Adelaide in 1923 but his early death in 1925 precluded his completion of his studies.
