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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human McCarthy, G.J. updated 2025-10-14 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P001024b.htm person Craig Robert Gordon AACR2 23 May 1870 2 September 1931 Place of Birth Ardrossan, Ayrshire, Scotland Place of Death Ulinda, New South Wales, Australia Surgeon Gordon Craig was a surgeon at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital from 1901 to 1931 and lectured in surgery at the University of Sydney from 1914. Craig enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force in 1915 and served in the No 1 Hospital Ship in Australia and the Mediterranean. From 1917 he was surgeon at the Randwick Military Hospital. Robert Craig was a foundation fellow of the College of Surgeons Australasia and one-time president of the New South Wales Branch of the British Medical Association. He also endowed a urological fellowship at the University of Sydney and the Royal Prince Alfred and Royal Alexandra Hospitals. 1878 1878 Life event - Migrated to Australia (Sydney) 1894 1894 Education - Bachelor of Medicine (MB) and Master of Surgery (ChM), University of Sydney 1894 1895 Career position - Resident Medical Officer at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney c. 1895 1908 Career position - Private practice in Newtown 1901 1910 Career position - Honorary Assistant Surgeon at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital c. 1910 1910 Career position - Council member of the British Medical Association, New South Wales branch 1911 1925 Career position - Honorary Surgeon at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital 1914 Career position - Lecturer in Surgery, University of Sydney 1915 Military service - Lieutenant-Colonel in the Australian Imperial Force 1915 1916 Military service - Ship Surgeon with the No. 1 Hospital Ship Karoola in the Mediterranean and Australia 1917 1917 Military service - Surgeon at the Randwick Military Hospital, Sydney 1917 1918 Career position - President, British Medical Association, New South Wales branch 1926 1929 Career position - Honorary Urological Surgeon at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital 1927 1927 Career event - Founding Fellow, College of Surgeons of Australasia 1930 Career position - Consultant to the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (RACS) (1927 - )

Founding Fellow, College of Surgeons of Australasia 1927

 Royal Prince Alfred Hospital (1882 - )

Honorary Surgeon 1911-1925; Honorary Urological Surgeon 1926-1929; Consultant 1930-1931.

 The University of Sydney (1850 - )

Lecturer in Surgery 1914-

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 'Craig, Robert Gordon', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Craig, Robert Gordon Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book Section: Craig, Robert Gordon (1870-1931), surgeon Earlam, Malcolm S. S. Craig, Robert Gordon (1870-1931), surgeon Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1981 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 8: 1891 - 1939 Cl-Gib Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle 133-134 Resource: B2455 First Australian Imperial Force Personnel Dossiers, 1914-1920 CA 2001 Australian Imperial Force, Base Records Office B2455 First Australian Imperial Force Personnel Dossiers, 1914-1920 National Archives of Australia, RecordSearch Book: The founders of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons Kenny, Patrick (Sir) The founders of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons Melbourne, Victoria The Royal Australasian College of Surgeons 1984 Journal Article: The founders of the College: New South Wales Kenny, P. J. and Miller, I. D. The founders of the College: New South Wales 1981 Australian and New Zealand journal of surgery 51 3 319-25