Cilento, Raphael West
Person: id 44633
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Family name
Cilento
Given name(s)
Raphael West
Initials
R.W.
Honorific
Sir
Gender
Male
Early education
Tertiary education
Start date
1913
Combined start dates
19221913
Military service
Survived
Survived WWI
Occupations
Cilento R.W. : Physician 1920 - Perak Sultanate @ Malaya [ Malaysia ]Cilento R.W. : Director 1924 - @ Papua New Guinea [ Papua New Guinea ]Cilento R.W. : Chief Quarantine Officer 1928 - @ Brisbane [ QLD Australia ]Cilento R.W. : State director-general of health and medical services 1934 - Queensland Government @ Brisbane [ QLD Australia ]Cilento R.W. : Director 1934 - Health and Medical Services, Queensland @ Queensland [ QLD Australia ]Cilento R.W. : Member 1 Aug 1939 - State Council for Physical Fitness QLD @ Queensland [ QLD Australia ]Cilento R.W. : Inspector 3 Aug 1939 - @ Brisbane [ QLD Australia ]Cilento R.W. : Director General of Public Health 1 Oct 1939 - Health and Medical Services, Queensland @ Brisbane [ QLD Australia ]
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Cilento R.W. : Specific terms.Registered as Medical Practitioner QLD 10 May 1923 - @ Brisbane [ QLD Australia ]Cilento R.W. : Life.Lived at 1932 - 1937 @ Brisbane [ QLD Australia ]Cilento R.W. : Specific terms.Appointed K.B. 1935Cilento R.W. : Specific terms.Trustee Australian Museum 28 Feb 1935Cilento R.W. : Specific terms.Appointed Chairman State Nutrition Advisory Board 18 Feb 1937 - @ Brisbane [ QLD Australia ]Cilento R.W. : Specific terms.Member of Senate of the University of Queensland 25 Feb 1938 - @ Brisbane [ QLD Australia ]Cilento R.W. : Specific terms.Admitted to the Bar 29 Apr 1939 - @ Brisbane [ QLD Australia ]Cilento R.W. : Specific terms.Member of 10 Aug 1939 - @ Brisbane [ QLD Australia ]
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Documents
Student Card - RW Cilento - page 1 [ jpg ]Student Card - R W Cilento - page 2 [ jpg ]1920-244 Application for position - R W Cilento [ jpg ]1923-509 Letter re Diploma in Tropical Medicine - page 2 [ jpg ]1923-509 Letter re Diploma in Tropical Medicine - page 1 [ jpg ]S74 - Letter from RW Cilento to the University of Adelaide Registrar [ jpg ]
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Sir Raphael (Ray) Cilento had a notable yet controversial career. He created a new medical system, writing legislation for general medicine and mental health. He also studied Law and was admitted to the Bar in 1939.
He was knighted for his services in 1935 and later appointed to the United Nations Relief & Rehabilitation Administration in 1945 for his expertise in preventative medicine.
Cilento was also an active historical researcher, and President of the Royal Historical Society of Queensland. During the latter half of his career, however, his increasingly extremist views led to him finding it difficult to secure work as either a doctor or an academic.
He was knighted for his services in 1935 and later appointed to the United Nations Relief & Rehabilitation Administration in 1945 for his expertise in preventative medicine.
Cilento was also an active historical researcher, and President of the Royal Historical Society of Queensland. During the latter half of his career, however, his increasingly extremist views led to him finding it difficult to secure work as either a doctor or an academic.
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