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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2025-09-16 human Helen Cohn updated 2025-09-16 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P007856b.htm person Burnside Kennedy Byron AACR2 9 December 1913 1983 Place of Birth Eaglehawk, Victoria, Australia Place of Death Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Surgeon Urologist Kennedy Burnside was a surgeon who, for most of his career, worked at the Alfred Hospital, Melbourne. In 1956, having become expert in the use of endoscopic surgical techniques, he established the Alfred's first urological unit. He was consultant urologist during the 1970s and 1980s. Burnside served with the Royal Australian Army during WWII. From 1942 he was a prisoner-of-war in Changi. Here he operated the pathology laboratory, concentrating on the detection and control of malaria and dysentery. In this he had assistance from fellow prisoners, including in his efforts to produce a vaccine for dysentery. The incidence of both diseases diminished considerably over time. Burnside kept a diary, investigated the nutritional content of the prisoners' rations, and compiled notes on malaria produced in a 1944 typescript Principles of malaria. Both the diary and Principles survive in the Australian Museum War Memorial. 1937 1937 Education - MB BS, University of Melbourne 1938 1939 Career position - Resident Medical Officer and Registrar, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne 1941 1945 Military service - Served with the Royal Australian Army 1942 1945 Military service - Prisoner of war, Changi, Singapore 1947 1947 Education - Fellow, Royal College of Surgeons 1948 1956 Career position - Honorary Surgeon to Outpatients, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne 1948 1983 Award - Fellow, Royal Australasian College of Surgeons 1956 1973 Career position - Surgeon in Charge, Urology Department, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne 1973 1974 Career position - President, Urological Society of Australia 1973 1983 Career position - Consultant Urologist, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne Alfred Hospital (1871 - )

Surgeon in Charge, Urology Department 1956 - 1973; Consultant Urologist 1973 - 1983

 'Burnside, Kennedy Byron', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Burnside, Kennedy Byron Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: Kennedy Byron Burnside Brand, Victor Kennedy Byron Burnside 1984 Medical Journal of Australia 140 3 169 Journal Article: Prisoner of war pathology in Changi, 1942 - 1945 Ariotti, Kate and Roberts-Pederson, Elizabeth Prisoner of war pathology in Changi, 1942 - 1945 2025 Medical journal of Australia 222 3 125-9