Burnard, Renfrey Gershom
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University connections
UAdelaide
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World War I
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Family name
Burnard
Given name(s)
Renfrey Gershom
Initials
R.G.
Honorific
Dr.
Gender
Male
Early education
Tertiary education
Military service
Survived
Survived WWI
Occupations
Burnard R.G. : Officer of Health 21 Mar 1921 - Local Board of Health @ Mt Gambier [ SA Australia ]Burnard R.G. : Officer of Health - 1 May 1945 @ Thebarton [ SA Australia ]Burnard R.G. : Medical Practitioner 26 Jan 1922 - @ Mt Gambier [ SA Australia ]Burnard R.G. : Medical Practitioner 18 Feb 1926 - @ Mt Gambier [ SA Australia ]Burnard R.G. : Medical Practitioner 26 Jan 1933 - @ Torrensville [ SA Australia ]Burnard R.G. : Medical Practitioner 26 Jan 1939 - @ Mt Gambier [ SA Australia ]
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Parental occupation
Schoolmaster
Narrative
R.G. Burnard was appointed Resident Pathologist at the Adelaide Hospital in 1906 before he entered General Practice at Naracoorte, South Australia. He volunteered for the A.I.F. in 1916. After serving as an MO in World War I he returned to South Australia and resumed the Naracoorte practice. He moved to take up a practice in western Adelaide in 1929. He also worked as an anaesthetist at Adelaide Hospital and gained his MRCP (Member of the Royal Society of Physicians) in 1937.
During World War II he retained some military duties in the Army Reserves.
During World War II he retained some military duties in the Army Reserves.
Visible notes
While serving as MO in France, he was involved in saving the life of Private Tom Playford who later became the longest serving Premier of South Australia.
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