Byrne, George Cumming
Person: id 2579
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USyd
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World War I
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Family name
Byrne
Given name(s)
George Cumming
Initials
G.C.
Gender
Male
Early education
Tertiary education
Start date
1906
Combined start dates
1906
Survived
Survived WWI
Occupations
Byrne G.C. : Medical Practitioner - @ Macquarie Street : Sydney [ NSW Australia ]Byrne G.C. : Medical Practitioner 1915Byrne G.C. : Ear Nose & Throat Specialist 1938 - Private Practice @ Macquarie Street : Sydney [ NSW Australia ]Byrne G.C. : Resident Medical Officer - Royal Alexandra Children's Hospital @ Royal Alexandra Children's Hospital : Camperdown [ NSW Australia ]Byrne G.C. : Resident Medical Officer - St Vincent's Hospital @ St Vincent's Hospital : Darlinghurst [ NSW Australia ]
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D.S.O., M.B., Ch.M. : Major, A.A.M.C., A.I.F., France and England; also A.N. and M.E.F., New Guinea. Enlisting 4th August, 1914, and sailing on 5th as Hon. Surgeon, R.A.N., transferred to A.A.M.C. (vice Captain B. C. A. Pockley, Killed in Action) and returned in February, 1915. Re-Enlisting and sailing with 5th Australian Field Ambulance 10th January, 1916, crossed from Egypt to France in March and on 14th was appointed to command 1st Australian Sanitary Section (Hygiene), remaining with it until June. Then transferred to 6th A.F.Amb., thence to A.I.F. H.Q., England, and later to No. 6 Australian Hospital, Cobham, being invalided to Australia in April, 1918. Promoted temporary major, 7th August, 1916, and major, 14th November. Awarded D.S.O. 4th June, 1917, and Mentioned in Despatches twice. A.A.M.C. : Lieutenant-Colonel. President, Undergraduates'' Association. Early education at Sydney Grammar School. Later at St. Paul's College.
Later at - SYDNEY UNI ONLY
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St. Paul's College, University of Sydney
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