P000537 revised AU-VU:EOAS Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation

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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human Gavan McCarthy [P004098] and Helen Cohn updated 2026-02-19 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P000537b.htm person Keogh Esmond Venner AACR2 Keogh, Bill 2 November 1895 30 September 1970 Place of Birth Malvern, Victoria, Australia Place of Death Parkville, Victoria, Australia Medical scientist Epidemiologist Bill Keogh had a wide influence on the development of medical research and public health in Australia through his involvement in major health programs and in policy advisory bodies such as the National Health and Medical Research Council. Joining the Commonwealth Serum Laboratories (CSL) in 1928, much of Keogh's research was on viruses, for several years in collaboration with the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute. His service with the Australian Army Medical Corps during WWII included working on the control of malaria with Neil Fairley (in which they had considerable success), the storage of blood serum and the provision of blood banks, and the production and distribution of the as-yet unproven penicillin. From the 1950s Keogh headed the effective campaign against tuberculosis for the Victorian Department of Health. Equally successful was the campaign against poliomyelitis in which Keogh was integral to the production of the Salk vaccine and planning the mass immunisation of the Australian population. As Director of the Anti-Cancer Council of Victoria he built it from nearly moribund to a highly effective and oversaw the introduction of smear tests for the early detection of cervical cancer. 1914 1919 Career position - Served with the Australian Imperial Forces 1918 1918 Award - Military Medal 1919 1919 Award - Distinguished Conduct Medal (DCM) 1927 1927 Education - MB BS, University of Melbourne 1928 1928 Career position - Resident Medical Officer, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne 1928 1949 Career position - Microbiologist, Commonwealth Serum Laboratories 1939 1946 Military service - Served with Australian Army Medical Corps 1945 1946 Career position - Medical Advisor, Australian Military Mission to Washington 1946 1946 Career position - Fellow, Royal Australasian College of Physicians 1947 Career position - Consultant Microbiologist, Fairfield Infectious Diseases Hospital 1949 1955 Career position - Lead campaign against tuberculosis, Victorian Department of Health 1955 1968 Career position - Medical Director, Anti-Cancer Council of Victoria Ward, Hugh Kingsley (1887 - 1972) Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP) (1938 - )

Fellow 1946 - 1970

 Commonwealth Serum Laboratories (CSL), Commonwealth of Australia (1916 - 1961)

Microbiologist 1928 - 1949

 Australian Army Medical Corps (1902 - 1948)

Served in Corps 1939 - 1946

 Anti-Cancer Council of Victoria (1934 - 2002)

Medical Director 1955 - 1968

 Keogh, E V (1895-1970)

Trove

 'Keogh, Esmond Venner', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Keogh, Esmond Venner Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book Section: Keogh, Esmond Venner (Bill) (1895-1970), soldier, medical scientist and administrator Gardiner, Lyndsay; Serle, Geoffrey Keogh, Esmond Venner (Bill) (1895-1970), soldier, medical scientist and administrator Melbourne Melbourne University Press 2000 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 15: 1940 - 1980 Kem-Pie John Ritchie 7-10 Resource: Esmond Venner Keogh Guide to Records Alvarez, Jane; Hutchinson, Fabian; McCarthy, Gavan Esmond Venner Keogh Guide to Records Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre 2004 Conference Paper: Esmond Venner Keogh Gardiner, Lyndsay Esmond Venner Keogh Canberra Australian Science Archives Project 1995 Recovering Science: Strategies and Models for the Past, Present and Future: Proceedings of a Conference Held at the University of Melbourne, October 1992 Tim Sherratt, Lisa Jooste and Rosanne Clayton 25-28 Book: E.V. Keogh: Soldier, Scientist and Administrator Gardiner, Lyndsay E.V. Keogh: Soldier, Scientist and Administrator Melbourne Hyland House 1990 Book: The Records of Esmond Venner Keogh (1895-1970) Alvarez, Jane; Hutchinson, Fabian; McCarthy, Gavan The Records of Esmond Venner Keogh (1895-1970) Melbourne Australian Science Archives Project 1990 Journal Article: Fifty Years of Medical Research in Australia Keogh, E. V. Fifty Years of Medical Research in Australia 1951 Medical Journal of Australia 1 24-28 Journal Article: Neil Hamilton Fairley Keogh, E. V. Neil Hamilton Fairley 1966 Medical Journal of Australia 1966 2 723-6 Journal Article: Australian malariology during World War II (part 3 of "Pioneers of Australian military malariology" Howie-Willis, Ian Australian malariology during World War II (part 3 of "Pioneers of Australian military malariology" 2017 Journal of Military and Veteran's History 25 2 46-68 Book: Roll of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians McDonald, G. L. Roll of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians Sydney Royal Australasian College of Physicians 1988-1994 Article: A War Against Disease Sherratt, Tim; Condé, Anne-Marie A War Against Disease 1994 Australasian Science Spring Journal Article: The Military Spur to Australian Medical Research Anderson, Warwick The Military Spur to Australian Medical Research 2013 Health and History 15 1 80-103 Journal Article: Frank Macfarlane Burnet, 1899-1985 Fenner, Frank Frank Macfarlane Burnet, 1899-1985 CSIRO Publishing 1987 Historical Records of Australian Science 7 1 39-77 Esmond Venner Keogh - Records Anti-Cancer Council of Victoria Esmond Venner Keogh - Records 1915 - 1978 Personal and professional papers including correspondence, notes, draft papers, publications, speeches, press-cuttings, committee papers, reports as well as a large amount of material on cancer and other medical topics; overall dates 1915-78 [1.7 m]. 1.7 m, 14 boxes