MacKerras, Ian Murray
Person: id 3467
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USyd
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Family name
MacKerras
Given name(s)
Ian Murray
Initials
I.M.
Gender
Male
Early education
Tertiary education
Start date
1919
Combined start dates
1919
Education notes
University Medal in zoology and shared John Coutts scholarship 1924.
Military service
Survived
Survived WWI
Occupations
MacKerras I.M. : Assistant Microbiologist - NSW Department Of Health @ Sydney [ NSW Australia ]MacKerras I.M. : Senior Entomologist 1 Dec 1928 - Council for Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) @ Canberra [ ACT Australia ]MacKerras I.M. : Member of Faculty of Medicine 1947 - 1961 University of Queensland @ University of Queensland : St Lucia [ Brisbane, QLD Australia ]MacKerras I.M. : Founding Director 1947 - 1961 Queensland Institute Of Medical Research @ Queensland [ QLD Australia ]MacKerras I.M. : Research Fellow 1961 - Council for Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) @ Canberra [ ACT Australia ]
Professional Association Memberships
MacKerras, Ian Murray : Royal Society of Queensland, 1924MacKerras, Ian Murray : Royal College of Pathologists of Australia, 1957MacKerras, Ian Murray : Australian Society for MicrobiologyMacKerras, Ian Murray : Australian Entomological SocietyMacKerras, Ian Murray : Australian Society for Parasitology
Other events
MacKerras I.M. : Life.Birth 19 Sep 1898 - @ Balclutha [ Otago New Zealand ]MacKerras I.M. : Military and health.Enlisted 1 Dec 1915MacKerras I.M. : Relationships.Married 5 Apr 1924 - @ Eidsvold [ QLD Australia ]MacKerras I.M. : Specific terms.Awarded the Clarke Medal 1950MacKerras I.M. : Specific terms.Awarded the Mueller Medal 1961MacKerras I.M. : Specific terms.Commemorated by The Mackerras Medal
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M.B., Ch.M., B.Sc. : Gunner, 51st Battery, A.F.A., A.I.F., France; also A.A.M.C. Enlisting in A.A.M.C. and sailing in December, 1915, with hospital ship Karoola , served till its return in 1917. Then transferring to Artillery and sailing again, joined 51st Battery in France and served till demobilisation, though gassed at Villers-Bretonneux in April, 1918. Early education at Sydney Grammar School.
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Served on the medical research advisory committee of the National Health & Medical Research Council (1954-57) & the advisory council of the School of Public Health & Tropical Medicine Uni of Sydney. Had Fellowships RACP(1950), Australian Academy of Science(1954), Aust. & NZ Assoc. for Advancement of Science (1957) and the Royal Entomological Society London(1958)
Served in WW2, Appointed Major in AAMC October 1939. The Mackerras Medal named in his honour awarded by Australian Entomological Society
Served in WW2, Appointed Major in AAMC October 1939. The Mackerras Medal named in his honour awarded by Australian Entomological Society
Internal notes
SUU 8/4/43 spells surname Mackerras as does The Gazette. Director of Entomology during war with rank of Lieutenant Colonel
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10992
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http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/mackerras-ian-murray-10992The Gazette 5 June 1971
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