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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created human Helen Cohn updated 2026-03-05 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P005798b.htm person Trinca John Alfred AACR2 26 April 1884 5 August 1981 Place of Birth Warragul, Victoria, Australia Place of Death Hampton, Victoria, Australia Pathologist Surgeon Alf Trinca was a pathologist whose research was on the microscopic anatomy of tumours and other pathological tissues; he advocated using frozen sections of tissue in diagnosis. For 35 years he was associated with the Alfred Hospital. Melbourne, as clinical pathologist, surgeon and curator of the Hospital's Pathology Museum. In the 1920s he taught pathology to medical students at University of Melbourne and, after retiring from the Alfred, dental students. Trinca served as consultant pathologist to the Baker Medical Research Institute, and as consultant surgical specialist to insurance and repatriation tribunals. 1907 1907 Education - MB, University of Melbourne 1908 1908 Education - BS, University of Melbourne 1910 1910 Career position - Resident Medical Officer, Melbourne Hospital 1910 1910 Education - MD, University of Melbourne 1911 1921 Career position - Clinical Pathologist (part-time), Alfred Hospital, Melbourne 1914 1915 Career position - Civilian surgeon in the hospital ship Grantala 1915 1918 Military service - First World War. Served with the Royal Army Medical Corps 1918 1919 Career position - Surgical Registrar and Senor Demonstrator, Middlesex Hospital, London 1919 1919 Education - Fellow, Royal College of Surgeons of England 1921 1946 Career position - Surgeon, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne 1926 Education - Fellow, Royal Australasian College of Surgeons 1927 Career position - Curator, Pathology Museum, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne 1930 Career position - Consulting Pathologist, Baker Medical Research Institute 1946 1946 Life event - Retired Alfred Hospital (1871 - )

Surgeon 1921 - 1946; Curator of the Pathology Museum from 1927

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 Trinca, John Alfred (18840426-19810805)

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 'Trinca, John Alfred (Alf)', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Trinca, John Alfred (Alf) Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book: Neither hypocrite nor saint: a biography of Alfred John Trinca 1884 - 1981 Trinca, J. C. Neither hypocrite nor saint: a biography of Alfred John Trinca 1884 - 1981 Canterbury, Vic. John C. Trinca 1994 Book Section: Trinca, John Alfred ('Alf' or 'AJT') (1884-1981), pathologist and surgeon Westmore, Ann Trinca, John Alfred ('Alf' or 'AJT') (1884-1981), pathologist and surgeon Melbourne Melbourne University Press 2012 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 18: 1981 - 1990 L-Z Melanie Nolan 524-5 Resource: A6769 Service Cards for Navy Officers, 1911-1970 CA 38, Navy Office [IV], Department of the Navy [II]; CA 46, Department of Defence [III], Central Office A6769 Service Cards for Navy Officers, 1911-1970 National Archives of Australia, RecordSearch