Holmes à Court, Alan Worsley (1896 - 1957)

Summary

Alan Holmes à Court was a medical practitioner in New South Wales (NSW) from 1911. During World War I he served with the medical wings of the Australian Imperial Force in France and was awarded the French Médaille des Epidémies. Holmes à Court was a pioneer of blood transfusion techniques and a lecturer in anaesthetics and clinical medicine. He wrote many medical articles and was heavily involved in medicine's governing bodies: he was a long term member, and one-time president of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians; President and council member of the British Medical Association (NSW branch), a member of the NSW Medical Board and was appointed a Fellow of London's Royal College of Physicians.

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Chronology

1910

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

1911

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

1911 - 1912

Career position - Resident then Registrar at the Sydney Hospital

1913 - c. 1919

Career position - General practice in Manly, New South Wales

1914 - 1923

Career position - Honorary Assistant Physician at Sydney Hospital

1916 - 1917

Military service - Captain of Karoola in the Australian Army Medical Corp.

1918

Military service - Major with the 2nd Australian General Hospital then the 4th Australian Field Ambulance in France

1919 -

Career position - Member of the Royal College of Physicians (MRCP) in London

1919

Award - Médaille des Epidémies in France

1920

Education - Doctor of Medicine (MD) received from the University of Sydney

1920 - 1921

Career position - Inaugural Tutor of Anaesthetics at the Sydney Hospital

1920 - 1932

Career position - Honorary Physician at the Coast Hospital, Sydney

1921 -

Career position - Consultant Physician in Macquarie Street, Sydney

1923 - 1947

Career position - Physician at the Sydney Hospital

1925 - 1929

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

1930 -

Award - Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians (FRCP), London

1931 -

Career position - Lecturer in Clinical Medicine at the Sydney Hospital

1931 - 1935

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

1932 - 1938

Career position - Member of the New South Wales Medical Board

1933 - 1934

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

1935 - 1946

Career position - Honorary Physician at the Royal Hospital for Women

1938

Career position - Censor with the Royal Australasian College of Physicians

1942 -

Career position - Director of the Colonial Mutual Life Assurance Society Ltd.

1943

Career position - Retired from the army reserves

1945 - 1950

Career position - Censor-in-Chief with the Royal Australasian College of Physicians

1950 - 1952

Career position - President of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians

Published resources

Resources

• Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q21535201. Details
• 'Holmes à Court, Alan Worsley (18870619-19570416)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1465709. Details