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ALBISTON, HAROLD EDWARD

Person: id 42325

University connections

UMelb

Event flag

World War I

Family name

ALBISTON

Given name(s)

HAROLD EDWARD

Initials

H.E.

Gender

Male

Early education

ALBISTON, H.E. : Wesley College

Tertiary education

ALBISTON H.E. : Veterinary Science.B.V.Sc., 1918, University of MelbourneALBISTON H.E. : Veterinary Science.D.V.Sc., 1929, University of Melbourne

Start date

1915

Combined start dates

1915

Birth

ALBISTON H.E. : Life.Birth 26 Mar 1897 - @ Armadale -- Victoria, Australia

Military service

ALBISTON H.E. : Military and health.Enlisted: Captain 26 Aug 1918ALBISTON H.E. : Specific terms.Demobilised: 12 Oct 1919

Survived

Survived WWI

Occupations

ALBISTON H.E. : Lecturer in Veterinary Science 1920 - 1927 University of Melbourne @ University of Melbourne : Parkville [ VIC Australia ]ALBISTON H.E. : Officer in Charge 1923 - 1929 Victorian Milk Testing Laboratory @ Gawler [ SA Australia ]ALBISTON H.E. : Director 1929 - 1963 Veterinary Research Institute @ Parkville [ VIC Australia ]

Professional Association Memberships

ALBISTON, HAROLD EDWARD : Australian Veterinary Association, 1933 - 1934ALBISTON, HAROLD EDWARD : Victorian Veterinarian Association, 1934ALBISTON, HAROLD EDWARD : Royal Melbourne Zoological Gardens, 1938 - 1981

Other events

ALBISTON H.E. : Specific terms.Awarded Walter and Eliza Hall Research Fellow 1920 - 1923ALBISTON H.E. : Specific terms.Honorary Editor Australian Veterinary Journal 1939 - 1962ALBISTON H.E. : Specific terms.Awarded Gilruth Prize 1959ALBISTON H.E. : Specific terms.Appointed C.B.E. 1963

Death

ALBISTON H.E. : Death 13 Aug 1994 Heart Disease @ Richmond [ VIC Australia ]

OCRd book entry or other narrative

ALBISTON, HAROLD EDWARD. 1915.
W.C.; B.V.Sc.
26.8.18, Capt. Vet. Corps; sailed 2.11.18; troopship recalled; re-embarked 25.1.19; Vet. Hospital 30.3.19. Demob. 12.10.19.

Year commenced - MELBOURNE UNI ONLY

1915

Visible notes

Albiston was the longest serving member of the Veterinary Science Faculty of the University of Melbourne (48 years),the longest serving member of the Board of Royal Melbourne Zoological Gardens (43 years)and the longest-serving honorary editor of the "Australian Veterinary Journal" (23 years). He was also the director of the Veterinary Research Institute at Parkville for 32 years, making it the premier veterinarian research facility in Australia, and he was a member of the Veterinary Board of Victoria for 33 years.

Discovering Anzacs

http://discoveringanzacs.naa.gov.au/browse/person/69562

Australian War Memorial

https://www.awm.gov.au/people/rolls/R1992459/

Other URLs

http://peopleaustralia.anu.edu.au/biography/albiston-harold-edward-19292http://www.eoas.info/biogs/P002250b.htm

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