Harrison, Launcelot
Person: id 3115
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USyd
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World War I
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Family name
Harrison
Given name(s)
Launcelot
Initials
L.
Gender
Male
Early education
Tertiary education
University role
Lecturer and Demonstrator in ZoologyActing professor and lecturer in animal parasitologyChallis Professor of Zoology
Education notes
University medal in zoology 1914, Won John Coutts scholarship in 1914 & Exhibition of 1851 scholarship which took him to Emmanuel College Cambridge
Military service
Survived
Survived WWI
Occupations
Harrison L. : Junior Demostrator in Zoology & Botany 1911 - University of Sydney @ Camperdown [ Sydney, NSW Australia ]Harrison L. : Lecturer & Demonstrator Zoology 1918 - University of Sydney @ University of Sydney : Camperdown [ NSW Australia ]Harrison L. : Acting Professor & Lecturer Veterinary Parasitology 1920 - University of Sydney @ Camperdown [ Sydney, NSW Australia ]Harrison L. : Challis Professor of Zoology 1922 - University of Sydney @ Camperdown [ Sydney, NSW Australia ]
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B.A., B.Sc. : Captain, Special List, Mesopotamia. Appointed at Cambridge in April and sailing 6th May, 1916, served as Entomologist (Civilian) at Kut-el-Amara and in July given charge of whole front area—four divisions. After capture of Baghdad in March, 1917, was attached to Central Laboratories but continued to act as Inspecting Officer on Euphrates, Tigris and Dialah Fronts, under direct orders of the D.M.S. till invalided to India 14th May, England 2nd December and to Australia, arriving 9th July, 1919. Gazetted lieutenant, Special List, 13th October, 1916; captain, 13th April, 1918. 1851 Exhibition Travelling and John Coutts Scholar. War Office Research at Quick Laboratory, Cambridge, 1915. Professor of Zoology, 1923-28. President, The Union.
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After about fifteen months postgraduate work and after having previously been rejected for military service, Harrison was appointed advisory entomologist to the British Expeditionary Force in Mesopotamia with the rank of lieutenant. His preventive work on insect-carried diseases saved many lives, although he himself contracted both typhus and malaria. From ADB
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6586
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