Biographical entry Craig, Robert Gordon (1870 - 1931)

Summary

Robert Gordon Craig was a surgeon at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital from 1901 to 1931 and lectured in surgery at the University of Sydney from 1914. Craig enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force in 1915 and served in the No 1 Hospital Ship in Australia and the Mediterranean. From 1917 he was surgeon at the Randwick Military Hospital. Robert Craig was a foundation fellow of the College of Surgeons Australasia and one-time president of the New South Wales Branch of the British Medical Association. He also endowed a urological fellowship at the University of Sydney and the Royal Prince Alfred and Royal Alexandra Hospitals.

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Events

1878

Life event - Migrated to Australia (Sydney)

1894

Education - Bachelor of Medicine (MB) and Master of Surgery (ChM) completed at the University of Sydney

1894 - 1895

Career position - Resident Medical Officer at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney

c. 1895 - 1908

Career position - Private practice in Newtown

1901 - 1910

Career position - Honorary Assistant Surgeon at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital

c. 1910

Career position - Council member of the British Medical Association, New South Wales branch

1911 - 1925

Career position - Honorary Surgeon at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital

1914 -

Career position - Lecturer in Surgery at the University of Sydney

1915 -

Career position - Lieutenant-Colonel in the Australian Imperial Force

1915 - 1916

Career position - Ship Surgeon with the No. 1 Hospital Ship Karoola in the Mediterranean and Australia

1917

Career position - Surgeon at the Randwick Military Hospital, Sydney

1917 - 1918

Career position - President of the British Medical Association, New South Wales branch

1926 - 1929

Career position - Honorary Urological Surgeon at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital

1928 -

Career position - Foundation Fellow of the College of Surgeons of Australasia

1930 -

Career position - Consultant to the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital

Published resources

Book Sections

• Earlam, Malcolm S. S., 'Craig, Robert Gordon (1870-1931)', in Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle (eds), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 8, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1981, pp. 133-134. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A080149b.htm. Details

Online Resources

• National Library of Australia, 'Craig, Robert Gordon', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1466856. Details