Person
Dale, John (1885 - 1952)
OBE MID
- Born
- 2 May 1885
Coleshill, Warwickshire, England - Died
- 27 September 1952
Venice, Italy - Occupation
- Physician and Health administrator
Summary
Dr John Dale OBE MD ChB BSc was Medical Officer for the City of Melbourne 1927-1950, and lectured in Public Health at the University of Melbourne 1929 - 1950. During the Second World War he presented many health talks on ABC radio. From 1920 to 1927 he was a Medical Officer of Health, and Assistant Inspector of Hospitals, Department of Public Health, Western Australia.
A portrait of "Dr John Dale, OBE" c1932, painted by Colin Colahan, is in the National Gallery of Victoria collection.
Details
Chronology
- 1908
- Education - Bachelor of Medicine (MB) and Bachelor of Surgery (ChB), University of Birmingham
- 1909
- Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Birmingham
- 1914 - 1919
- Military service - First World War. Major, Royal Army Medical Corps [also Deputy Assistant Director of medical services (sanitation) to the Second and Fourth Armies and the Army of the Rhine]
- 1918
- Award - Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
- 1919
- Education - Doctor of Medicine (MD), University of Birmingham
- 1920
- Life event - Migrated to Sydney, Australia
- 1920 - 1927
- Career position - Medical Officer of Health and Assistant Inspector of Hospitals, Department of Public Health, Perth, Western Australia
- 1923
- Career event - Elected Associate Member (Pathology), Australian National Research Council
- 1927 - 1950
- Career position - City Health Officer, City of Melbourne
- 1929 - 1950
- Career position - Lecturer, Public Health, University of Melbourne
- 1941 - 1945
- Career position - Radio broadcaster. Provided many general health talks on ABC radio during the Second World War
- 1950
- Life event - Retired
- 1951 - 1952
- Career position - Medical Officer, Department of Immigration, Commonwealth of Australia [in Holland]
Related entries
Published resources
Book Sections
- Gardiner, Lyndsay, 'Dale, John (1885-1952)' in Australian Dictionary of Biography, Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle, eds, vol. 8 (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1981), pp. 191-192. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A080212b.htm. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q15967278. Details
- 'Dale, John (1885-1952)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1468221. Details
Gavan McCarthy; Ken McInnes
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 24 April 2024
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