BRYCE, LUCY MEREDITH (1897-1968), haematologist, was born on 12 June 1897 at
Lindfield, New South Wales, eldest child of Robert Bryce, commercial traveller,
and his wife Margaret Annie Lucy, née Doak, of Sydney. When Lucy was 11 the family
moved to Melbourne, where her father later founded the firm of R. Bryce &
Sons, merchants and importers. Lucy was educated at Melbourne Church of England
Girls' Grammar School and the University of Melbourne (B.Sc., 1918; M.B., B.S.,
1922).
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Lucy Bryce worked at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne 1922-1928, 1934-1946, and at the Commonwealth Serum Laboratories 1939-1944. She was also a clinical pathologist and Director of the Blood Transfusion Service 1929-1954. She was appointed Commander of The Order of the British Empire (Civil) - 1 January 1951, for her work as director of the Victoria Blood Transfusion Service.
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Lucy Meredith Bryce worked at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne 1922-28, 1934-46, and at the Commonwealth Serum Laboratories 1939-44. She was also a clinical pathologist and Director of the Blood Transfusion Service 1929-54. Bryce is commemorated by the Lucy Bryce Hall at the Central Blood Bank, Melbourne.
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1918
Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc) completed at the University of Melbourne
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1922
Education - Bachelor of Medicine (MB) and Bachelor of Surgery (BS) completed at the University of Melbourne
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1922 - 1928
Career position - Research post at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research (WEHI)
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1925 - 1926
Career position - Research post at the Lister Institute in London
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1928 - 1934
Career position - Bacteriologist and Clinical Pathologist at the Melbourne Hospital
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1929 - 1954
Career position - Honorary Director of the Red Cross Blood Transfusion Service
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1934 - 1940s
Career position - Private practice as a Clinical Pathologist
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1934 - 1946
Career position - Research at WEHI (part-time)
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1939 - 1944
Career position - Research (part-time) at the Commonwealth Serum Laboratories (CSL)
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c. 1940 - c. 1945
Career position - Visiting Specialist with the rank of major at the 115th Australian General Hospital in Heidelberg, Victoria
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1951
Award - Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
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1954 - 1960s
Career position - Honorary Director of Pathology at the Queen Victoria Hospital
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1954 - 1966
Career position - Chairman of the Transfusion Committee of the Red Cross Blood Transfusion Service
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