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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2012-01-31 human Rebecca Rigby updated 2025-02-04 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P004936b.htm person Anderson Colin Warden AACR2 26 January 1901 15 June 1988 Place of Birth Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia Place of Death Eastern Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia Military doctor Medical administrator Medical practitioner Public servant Colin Warden Anderson was a general practitioner and surgeon. During World War II he served in the Australian Army Medical Corps and after the war was appointed Deputy-director of rehabilitation in the Commonwealth Department of Social Services, with a three year secondment to Department of Post-war Reconstruction. He developed many initiatives to support returned serviceman. His belief in the importance of post-graduate education for general practitioners led him to have a large part in establishing the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners. 1924 1924 Education - Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MB BS) University of Melbourne 1925 1925 Career position - Intern at the Melbourne Hospital 1926 1926 Career position - Intern at the Perth Public Hospital 1927 1927 Career position - Medical officer at the Wooroloo Sanatorium, Western Australia 1927 1941 Career position - In general practice in Dalwallinu, Western Australia 1941 1944 Military service - Captain in the Australian Army Medical Corps, posted as medical officer to the 5th Garrison Battalion at Swanbourne 1944 1944 Career position - Appointed rehabilitation medical officer, Western Command 1945 1946 Career position - Temporary major in the Australian Army Medical Corps 1946 1951 Career position - Deputy-director of rehabilitation in the Commonwealth Department of Social Services, Perth 1951 Career event - Returned to general practice 1952 1967 Career position - Council member of the Western Australian branch of the British Medical Association 1955 1963 Career position - Member of the Federal Council of the British (later Australian) Medical Association 1956 1957 Career position - Chairman, Western Australia Faculty of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners 1956 1962 Career position - Provost of the Western Australia Faculty of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners 1957 1966 Career position - Director of Australasian Medical Publishing Co. Ltd 1958 1958 Career position - President, Western Australian Branch of the British Medical Association 1963 1963 Award - Fellow, Royal Australian College of General Practitioners 1963 1966 Career position - President, Federal body of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners 1968 Career position - Permanent vice-president of the Western Australian Branch of the Australian Medical Association 1973 1974 Career position - Provost of the Western Australia Faculty of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners 1981 1981 Award - Member of the Order of the British Empire (O.B.E.)

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 Anderson, Colin Warden (19010126-19880615)

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 'Anderson, Colin Warden', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Anderson, Colin Warden Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book Section: Anderson, Colin Warden (1901-1988), medical practitioner Fitzgerald, Criena Anderson, Colin Warden (1901-1988), medical practitioner Melbourne Melbourne University Press 2007 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 17: 1981 - 1990 A-K Diane Langmore 18