| 1922 | Bachelor of Medicine (MB) and Bachelor of Surgery (BS) completed at the University of Melbourne |
| 1924 | Doctor of Medicine (MD) received from the University of Melbourne |
| 1925 - 1927 | Beit Memorial Fellowship received from the Lister Institute in London |
| 1928 | Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) completed at the University of London |
| 1928 - 1931 | Bacteriologist at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research (WEHI) |
| 1932 - 1933 | National Institute of Medical Research funded work in London |
| 1934 - 1943 | Assistant Director of WEHI |
| 1935 | Stewart Prize received from the British Medical Association |
| 1938 | Walter Burfitt Prize received from the Royal Society of New South Wales |
| 1939 | Cilento Medal received from the Australian Institute of Anatomy |
| 1942 | Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) |
| 1944 - 1965 | Director of WEHI |
| 1947 | Royal Medal received from the Royal Society |
| 1951 | Knight Bachelor (Kt cr) |
| 1953 | Elizabeth II Coronation Medal received |
| 1953 | Lasker Award received from the American Public Health Association |
| 1953 | Charles Mickle Fellowship received from the University of Toronto, Canada |
| 1954 | Von Behring Prize for 1952 received from the University of Marburg |
| 1954 | James Cook Medal received from the Royal Society of New South Wales |
| 1954 | Foundation Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (FAA) |
| 1954 | Foreign Associate of the US National Academy of Sciences |
| 1957 | Foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Science |
| 1957 | President of the Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science (ANZAAS) |
| 1958 | Member of the Order of Merit (OM) |
| 1958 | Galen Medal received from the Worshipful Society of Apothecaries of London |
| 1959 | Matthew Flinders Medal received from the Australian Academy of Science |
| 1959 | Copley Medal received from the Royal Society |
| 1960 | Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine received |
| 1960 | Honorary member of the Royal Society of New Zealand |
| 1961 | Second Order of the Rising Sun (with Double Rays) received |
| 1962 | ANZAAS Mueller Medal received (Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science) |
| 1962 | New York University Medal received |
| 1963 | James Spence Medal received from the British Paediatric Association |
| 1965 - 1969 | President of the Australian Academy of Science |
| 1966 - 1977 | Writer and elder statesman of science at the University of Melbourne |
| 1967 | Silver Medal received from the l'Institut de Microbiologie et d'Hygiene de l'Université de Montreal, Canada |
| 1967 | Royal Institute of Public Health and Hygiene Medal received |
| 1969 | Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE) |
| 1971 | First International Congress of Immunology Award received |
| 1973 | Distinguished Service Award received from the International Association of Allergy |
| 1977 | Elizabeth II Jubilee Medal received |
| 1978 | Knight of the Order of Australia (AK) |
