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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1997-06-30 human Rosanne Walker updated 2024-12-17 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P002492b.htm person Poate Hugh Raymond Guy MVO FRACI AACR2 16 January 1884 26 January 1961 Place of Birth Summer Hill, New South Wales, Australia Place of Death Bellevue Hill, New South Wales, Australia Surgeon Sir Hugh Poate was skilled in orthopaedic, cranial and thoracic surgery. He was an international authority on thyroid surgery and was the first Australian to introduce medical treatment for hyperthyroidism using "thio" drugs. He was heavily involved with the St John Ambulance Brigade, becoming chief executive in 1947 when the Australian commandery became an independent branch. Poate was knighted in 1952, a foundation Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons (FRCS), President of the Medical Board of New South Wales, President of the Orchid Society of New South Wales and of the Royal Horticultural Society of New South Wales. 1907 1907 Career position - Resident of the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in Sydney 1907 1907 Education - Bachelor of Medicine (MB) and Master of Surgery (ChM), University of Sydney 1908 1908 Career position - Medical work in London 1909 Career position - Commissioned in the Australian Army Medical Corps 1909 Career position - Private practice in Macquarie Street, Sydney 1913 Career position - Joined the St John Ambulance Brigade 1914 1917 Military service - Member of the Australian Imperial Force 1929 Career position - Consulting Surgeon to the Royal Australian Air Force 1929 1942 Career position - State Commissioner of the St John Ambulance Brigade 1938 1938 Career position - Lecturer in postgraduate surgery and Director of the surgical unit at the Prince Henry Hospital, Sydney 1942 1947 Career position - Administrative Head of Commandery of the St John Ambulance Brigade 1945 1948 Career position - President of Royal Australasian College of Surgeons 1947 Career position - Chief Executive of Commandery of the St John Ambulance Brigade 1947 1947 Award - Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO) 1952 1952 Award - Knighted 1957 1961 Career position - Foundation Chairman of the Old People's Welfare Council of New South Wales Poate, Frederick (1855 - 1935)

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