Person
Butler, Arthur Graham (1872 - 1949)
DSO
- Born
- 25 May 1872
Kilcoy, Queensland, Australia - Died
- 27 February 1949
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia - Occupation
- Physician and Medical historian
Summary
Arthur Butler served in the Australian Army Medical Corps during the First World War and wrote a three volume history of the Australian Army Medical Services.
Details
Born Kilcoy, Queensland, 25 May 1872. Died Canberra, 27 February 1949. DSO 1915. Educated St John's College, Cambridge (BA 1894, BC 1897, MB 1899). General practice, Kilcoy 1900-01; general practice, Gladstone 1902-07; postgraduate work, University of Sydney 1908; private practice as a gynaecologist and obstetrician, Brisbane 1909-14 ; medical officer, Australian Imperial Force 1914-19; resumed his private practice 1920-26; medical officer of the Royal Military College 1927-30; medical officer of the Federal Capital Territory 1928-31; wrote official war history of the Australian Army Medical Services (published 1930, 1940 and 1943). Queensland president, British Medical Association 1920.
Archival resources
Australian War Memorial Research Centre
- Arthur Graham Butler - Records, 1914 - 1920; Australian War Memorial Research Centre. Details
Private hands (Hancock, Lady)
- Arthur Graham Butler - Records, 1972 - 1949; Private hands (Hancock, Lady). Details
Published resources
Book Sections
- Garton, Stephen, 'Anzac Health: A. G. Butler and the Writing of the Official Medical History of Australia During the 1914-18 War' in Working Papers in Australian Studies, Nos. 88-96, Kate Darian-Smith, ed. (London: Sir Robert Menzies Centre for Australian Studies, 1994, 1994), pp. 97-109. Details
- Gurner, C. M., 'Butler, Arthur Graham (1872-1949)' in Australian Dictionary of Biography, Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle, eds, vol. 7 (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1979), pp. 502-503. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A070507b.htm. Details
Journal Articles
- Anon, 'Memorial to the late Arthur Graham Butler', Medical Journal of Australia, 2 (10) (1951), 346-7. Details
- Pearn, John, 'Colonel Arthur Graham Butler (1872 - 1949), doctor-soldier and historian: the Queensland service of a gallant Gallipoli medical officer', Queensland history journal, 24 (4) (2020), 375-85. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q21535771. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/271547795. Details
- CA 2001 Australian Imperial Force, Base Records Office, 'NAA: B2455, Butler A G', B2455 First Australian Imperial Force Personnel Dossiers, 1914-1920, National Archives of Australia, RecordSearch, https://RecordSearch.naa.gov.au/scripts/AutoSearch.asp?O=I&Number=3175931. Details
- 'Butler, Arthur Graham (1872-1949)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1469743. Details
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 8 December 2022
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