à Court, Alan Worsley (1887-1957)

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Holmes à Court, Alan Worsley (1896-1957)
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army medical officer; physician; Physician
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HOLMES à COURT, ALAN WORSLEY (1887-1957), physician, was born on 19 June 1887 in Brisbane, second surviving son of the Honourable Charles George Holmes à Court (fourth son of the 2nd Baron Heytesbury), parliamentary officer, and the second of his four wives Mary West, née Howe. He was educated at Brisbane Grammar School and St Andrew's College, University of Sydney (M.B., 1910; Ch.M., 1911; M.D., 1920), where early studies ran a poor second to his rowing. In 1911-12 he was a resident and later a registrar at Sydney Hospital. In 1913 he began general practice at Manly and on 3 June married a Sydney Hospital nurse Eileen Rouse.

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Alan Worsley Holmes à Court was a medical practitioner in New South Wales (NSW) from 1911. During World War I he served with the medical wings of the Australian Imperial Force in France and was awarded the French Médaille des Epidémies. Holmes à Court was a pioneer of blood transfusion techniques and a lecturer in anaesthetics and clinical medicine. He wrote many medical articles and was heavily involved in medicine's governing bodies: he was a long term member, and one-time president of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians; President and council member of the British Medical Association (NSW branch), a member of the NSW Medical Board and was appointed a Fellow of London's Royal College of Physicians.

  • 1910 Education - Bachelor of Medicine (MB) completed at the University of Sydney
  • 1911 Education - Master of Surgery (ChM) completed at the University of Sydney
  • 1911 - 1912 Career position - Resident then Registrar at the Sydney Hospital
  • 1913 - c. 1919 Career position - General practice in Manly, New South Wales
  • 1914 - 1923 Career position - Honorary Assistant Physician at Sydney Hospital
  • 1916 - 1917 Career position - Captain of Karoola in the Australian Army Medical Corp.
  • 1918 Career position - Major with the 2nd Australian General Hospital then the 4th Australian Field Ambulance in France
  • 1919 - Career position - Member of the Royal College of Physicians (MRCP) in London
  • 1919 Award - Médaille des Epidémies in France
  • 1920 Education - Doctor of Medicine (MD) received from the University of Sydney
  • 1920 - 1921 Career position - Inaugural Tutor of Anaesthetics at the Sydney Hospital
  • 1920 - 1932 Career position - Honorary Physician at the Coast Hospital, Sydney
  • 1921 - Career position - Consultant Physician in Macquarie Street, Sydney
  • 1923 - 1947 Career position - Physician at the Sydney Hospital
  • 1925 - 1929 Career position - Council member of the British Medical Association, New South Wales branch
  • 1930 - Award - Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians (FRCP), London
  • 1931 - Career position - Lecturer in Clinical Medicine at the Sydney Hospital
  • 1931 - 1935 Career position - Council member of the British Medical Association, New South Wales branch
  • 1932 - 1938 Career position - Member of the New South Wales Medical Board
  • 1933 - 1934 Career position - President of the British Medical Association, New South Wales branch
  • 1935 - 1946 Career position - Honorary Physician at the Royal Hospital for Women
  • 1938 Career position - Censor with the Royal Australasian College of Physicians
  • 1942 - Career position - Director of the Colonial Mutual Life Assurance Society Ltd.
  • 1943 Career position - Retired from the army reserves
  • 1945 - 1950 Career position - Censor-in-Chief with the Royal Australasian College of Physicians
  • 1950 - 1952 Career position - President of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians

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