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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2023-10-03 human Helen Cohn updated 2025-06-17 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P007278b.htm person Gurner Colin Marshall AO CBE AACR2 26 December 1919 13 September 2006 Place of Birth Adelaide, South Australia, Australia Medical practitioner Radiologist Army officer Colin M. Gurner was a medical practitioner and radiologist whose early career was at the Royal Adelaide and Adelaide Children's Hospitals and in private practice. Before that he served with the Australian Army Medical Corps during WWII, joining the Citizen Military Forces (CMF) after being discharged. Between 1951 and 1960 he was in partnership with his father, Colin Gurner, and J. Stanley Verco and Peter Verco in Adelaide. In 1960 Gurner joined the regular army as Deputy Director-General of Medical Services, and for the next 20 years was primarily involved with military planning and the provision of advise to government. He frequently made official visits overseas, including annually to Vietnam during that conflict. Increasingly he was concerned with the problems associated with conscription, resistant malaria and casualty evacuation. Gurner retired as Surgeon General of the Australian Defence Forces in 1979. Until he finally retired from medical practice he was involved with assessing the medical issues of intending immigrants, as Medical Director of the Australian Kidney Foundation, and with the Australian Defence Force Academy. Gurner was active in the College of Radiologists of Australasia, serving as President from 1971 to 1972. In 2003 he published a well-received history of the Royal Australian Army Medical Corps from the close of WWII. 1939 1939 Career event - Joined the Citizen Military Force 1942 1942 Education - MB BS, University of Adelaide 1942 1943 Career position - Intern, Royal Adelaide Hospital 1943 1946 Career event - Served with the Australian Army Medical Corps 1946 1948 Career position - Surgical registrar (later radium officer), Royal Adelaide Hospital 1948 1950 Career position - Medical officer, radiology department, Royal Adelaide Hospital 1948 1960 Career position - Member, Citizen Military Forces 1950 1950 Education - Member, Royal Australasian College of Physicians 1950 1951 Career position - Fellow in Radiation Therapy, Memorial Cancer Centre, New York, U.S.A. 1951 1951 Education - Diploma of the American Board of Radiology (Radiation Therapy) 1951 1960 Career position - Partner in Verco radiology practice: J. S. Verco, P. W. Verco and C. Gurner snr 1952 1960 Career position - Assistant honorary in radiology, Adelaide Children's Hospital 1952 1960 Career position - Assistant honorary in radiology, Royal Adelaide Hospital 1957 1972 Award - Fellow, College of Radiologists of Australasia 1960 1967 Career position - Deputy Director-General Medical Services, Australian Army 1967 Award - Fellow, Royal Australian College of Medical Administrators 1967 1977 Career position - Director-General Medical Services, Australian Army 1969 1969 Award - Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) 1969 1969 Award - Commander of the British Empire (CBE) 1969 2006 Award - Fellow, Royal Australasian College of Physicians 1969 2006 Award - Fellow, Royal Australasian College of Surgeons 1971 1972 Career position - President, College of Radiologists of Australasia 1972 1998 Award - Fellow, Royal Australasian College of Radiologists 1972 2006 Award - Honorary Fellow, Royal College of Radiologists, United Kingdom 1975 1977 Career position - Joint Services Medical Advisor 1977 1979 Career position - Surgeon General of the Australian Defence Forces 1978 1978 Award - Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) for distinguished service to the medical branch of the Defence Force 1979 1979 Career event - Retired from the Australian Defence Forces 1979 1984 Career position - Chairman, Medical Board, Australian Capital Territory 1980 1984 Career position - Commissioner, ACT Sub-district, St John Ambulance Brigade 1980 1985 Career position - Medical Officer, Department of Health, Australian Capital Territory 1982 1985 Career position - Medical Director (part-time), Australian Kidney Foundation 1985 1987 Career event - In private practice 1987 1993 Career position - Radiologist, Australian Defence Force Academy 1991 1991 Award - Member of the Most Venerable Order Hospital of St John of Jerusalem (KStJ) 1993 1993 Career event - Retired from medical practice 1998 2006 Award - Fellow, Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists Gurner, Colin (1896 - 1962) Verco, Peter Willis (c. 1919 - 1999)

Colleague in radiology practice, Adelaide, 1951 - 1960

 Verco, Joseph Stanley (Stan) (1889 - 1971)

Colleague in radiology practice, Adelaide, 1951 - 1960

 Australian Army (1903 - )

Director-General Medical Services 1967 -1977

 College of Radiologists of Australasia (1952 - 1972)

President 1971 - 1972

 'Gurner, Colin Marshall', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Gurner, Colin Marshall Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book: The Royal Australian Army Medical Corps: 1945-1975 Gurner, Colin M. The Royal Australian Army Medical Corps: 1945-1975 Prahran East 2003 Book Section: Thompson, Clive Wentworth (1882-1941), medical practitioner and soldier Gurner, C. M. Thompson, Clive Wentworth (1882-1941), medical practitioner and soldier Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1990 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 12: 1891 - 1939 Smy-Z John Ritchie 206-207 Book Section: Jeffries, Lewis Wibmer (1884-1971), medical practitioner and soldier Gurner, C. M. Jeffries, Lewis Wibmer (1884-1971), medical practitioner and soldier Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1983 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 9: 1891 - 1939 Gil-Las Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle 475-476 Book Section: Butler, Arthur Graham (1872-1949), physician and medical historian Gurner, C. M. Butler, Arthur Graham (1872-1949), physician and medical historian Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1979 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 7: 1891 - 1939 A-Ch Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle 502-503 Resource Section: Gurner, Colin Marshall Hare, W. S. C. Gurner, Colin Marshall Sydney Royal Australasian College of Physicians 2018 College roll [of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians] Journal Article: Colin Marshall Gurner, AO, CBE (1919 - 2006) Hare, W. S. C. Colin Marshall Gurner, AO, CBE (1919 - 2006) 2007 Australasian radiology 51(2):119-200 51 2 199-200 Edited Book: Who's who in Australia 1995 Who's who in Australia 1995 31st Melbourne Information Australia Group 1995 Edited Book: Australasian Radiology: a History Ryan, James, Sutton, Keith and Baigent, Malcolm Australasian Radiology: a History Sydney McGraw-Hill 1996