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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2003-11-28 human Ailie Smith updated 2024-10-16 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P004523b.htm person Birrell John Henry Winter OAM ISO AACR2 29 December 1924 25 March 2003 Place of Birth St Kilda, Victoria, Australia Physician John Birrell was police surgeon 1957-1977. He campaigned for road safety and was involved in the introduction of seatbelt laws and the blood alcohol limit of 0.05 per cent in Victoria. 1942 1943 Military service - Second World War. Served in the Australian Imperial Force 1952 1956 Career position - Senior Lecturer, Monash University, Victoria 1952 1956 Career position - Lecturer in Pathology, University of Melbourne 1956 1957 Career position - Assistant Coroner's Pathologist 1957 1977 Career position - Police Surgeon in Victoria 1967 1977 Career position - Member of the International Committee for Alcohol and Traffic Safety 1977 1977 Career position - Chairman, 7th Conference on Alcohol and traffic Safety in Melbourne 1978 1978 Award - Companion of the Imperial Service Order (ISO) - Police Surgeon in Victoria 1997 1997 Award - Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) - in recognition of service to medicine and the community through the introduction of measures to reduce alcohol related road trauma and as an advocate of child abuse as a significant social problem 1 Jan 2001 1 Jan 2001 Award - Centenary Medal - for service to the community through road safety Birrell, John (19241229-20030325)

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 'Birrell, John Henry Winter', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Birrell, John Henry Winter Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Newspaper Article: Obituary: John Henry Winter Birrell, OAM, Former police surgeon, general practitioner Gibb, Donald Obituary: John Henry Winter Birrell, OAM, Former police surgeon, general practitioner 2003 The Age Book: Twenty Years as a Police Surgeon Birrell, J. H. W. Twenty Years as a Police Surgeon Ringwood Brolga Publishing 2004 Book Section: Mollison, Crawford Henry (1863-1949), medical and forensic pathologist Birrell, J. Mollison, Crawford Henry (1863-1949), medical and forensic pathologist Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1986 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 10: 1891 - 1939 Lat-Ner Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle 540-541 Resource: B883 Second Australian Imperial Force Personnel Dossiers, 1939-1947 CA 2002, 2 Echelon, Army Headquarters; CA 46, Department of Defence [III], Central Office B883 Second Australian Imperial Force Personnel Dossiers, 1939-1947 National Archives of Australia, RecordSearch Biographical cuttings on Dr John Henry Winter Birrell, police surgeon National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection Biographical cuttings on Dr John Henry Winter Birrell, police surgeon Cuttings Files BIOG