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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created human Helen Cohn updated 2025-02-04 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P005776b.htm person Legg John AACR2 11 February 1892 1 February 1984 Place of Birth Greta, Victoria, Australia Place of Death Kenmore, Queensland, Australia Veterinary surgeon John Legg was a veterinary surgeon whose research was into stock diseases in northern Australia. Between 1931 and 1936, as officer-in-charge of the Oonoonba experiment station near Townsville, he worked with CSIR investigating particularly bovine tick fever. He developed species- specific vaccines that were used into the 1960s, a great benefit to stockholders. On transferring to the Yeerongpilly Animal Health Station near Brisbane in 1936 he assumed responsibility for all work on bovine tick fever as well as carrying out successful trials of acaricides. Legg became a senior administrator in the Queensland Department of Agriculture and Stock. Besides his scientific publications he compiled a comprehensive but unpublished history of stock diseases in Queensland to 1947. In retirement he was for two years consultant to the F.A.O. in Malaysia. 1913 1913 Education - Bachelor of Veterinary Science (BVSc), University of Melbourne 1914 1915 Career position - Veterinary Surgeon, Queensland Department of Agriculture 1915 1915 Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Melbourne 1915 1920 Military service - First World War. Captain, Australian Imperial Force 1919 1919 Education - Member, Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons, London 1920 1935 Career position - Veterinary Surgeon, Queensland Department of Agriculture 1920 1935 Education - Doctor of Science (DSc), University of Melbourne 1929 1937 Career position - Vice-President, Queensland Veterinary Association 1929 1955 Career position - State Editor, Australian Veterinary Journal 1935 1941 Career position - Senior Veterinary Surgeon, Queensland Department of Agriculture and Stock 1938 1956 Career position - President, Queensland Veterinary Association 1938 1956 Career position - Member, Veterinary Surgeons' Board of Queensland 1941 1947 Career position - Director, Yeerongpilly Animal Health Station, Queensland Department of Agriculture and Stock 1947 1947 Career position - President, Queensland Division, Australian Veterinary Association 1947 1957 Career position - Director, Division of Animal Industry, Queensland Department of Agriculture and Stock 1956 1956 Award - Gilruth Prize for Meritorious Service to Veterinary Science, Australian Veterinary Association 1957 1957 Life event - Retired 1957 1959 Career position - Consultant to F.A.O. in Malaysia 1961 1961 Award - Fellow, Australian Veterinary Association Gilruth Prize for Meritorious Service to Veterinary Science, Australian Veterinary Association (1953 - )

Awarded the Prize 1956

 Queensland Department of Agriculture and Stock, State of Queensland (1904 - 1963)

Director, Division of Animal Industry 1947 - 1957

 Australian Veterinary Association (1921 - )

President, Queensland Division 1947; Fellow 1961 - 1984

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 Legg, John (18920211-19840201)

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 'Legg, John', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Legg, John Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book Section: Legg, John (1892-1984), veterinary scientist Angus, Beverley M. Legg, John (1892-1984), veterinary scientist Melbourne Melbourne University Press 2012 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 18: 1981 - 1990 L-Z Melanie Nolan 20-1 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