Biographical entry Edye, Benjamin Thomas (1884 - 1962)

Summary

(Sir) Benjamin Thomas Edye was a surgeon at the Royal Prince Alfred and St Vincent's Hospitals for many years and surgical consultant at the St George, Manly and Ryde Hospitals. He also worked in private practice and served as a medical officer in both wars (volunteer, not enlisted during World War I). Edye was professor of surgery at the University of Sydney for two years (1928-1930) and set up the surgical unit at the Rachel Forster Hospital for Women and Children. He was also a co-founder of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons. Benjamin Edye was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1957 and was knighted (KBE) in 1958.

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Events

1910

Education - Bachelor of Medicine (MB) completed at the University of Sydney

1911

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

1912 - 1914

Career position - Senior Medical Officer at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital

1913

Education - Master of Surgery (ChM) completed at the University of Sydney

1913

Career position - Demonstrator in Pathology at the University of Sydney

1914

Education - Studied in England

1915 -

Career position - Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, England

c. 1915 - 1917

Career position - Captain with the Australian Voluntary Hospital in Wimereux, France

1917 - 1918

Career position - Captain with the 56th Division, then the 41st Casualty Clearing Station

1918

Life event - Returned to Australia

1920 - 1927

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

1923 - 1924

Career position - Honorary Assistant Surgeon at St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney

1924 - 1928

Career position - Honorary Surgeon at St Vincent's Hospital

1928

Career position - Honorary Surgeon at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital

1928 - 1930

Career position - Acting Professor of Surgery at the University of Sydney

1936

Education - Studied thoracic and plastic surgery in Europe and USA

1938 - 1939

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

1945 - 1958

Career position - President of the New South Wales Medical Defence Union Ltd.

1949 - 1959

Career position - Founder and Councillor of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons

1957

Award - Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)

1958

Award - Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE)

Published resources

Book Sections

• Miller, Douglas, 'Edye, Sir Benjamin Thomas (1884-1962)', in Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle (eds), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 8, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1981, pp. 420-421. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A080446b.htm. Details

Online Resources

• National Library of Australia, 'Edye Benjamin Thomas', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1476343. Details