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Craig, Robert Gordon (1870 - 1931)

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Surgeon
Born: 23 May 1870  Ardrossan, Ayrshire, Scotland.  Died: 2 September 1931  Ulinda, New South Wales, Australia.
Robert Gordon Craig was a surgeon at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital from 1901 to 1931 and lectured in surgery at the University of Sydney from 1914. Craig enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force in 1915 and served in the No 1 Hospital Ship in Australia and the Mediterranean. From 1917 he was surgeon at the Randwick Military Hospital. Robert Craig was a foundation fellow of the College of Surgeons Australasia and one-time president of the New South Wales Branch of the British Medical Association. He also endowed a urological fellowship at the University of Sydney and the Royal Prince Alfred and Royal Alexandra Hospitals.

Career Highlights

Chronology
1878Migrated to Australia (Sydney)
1894Bachelor of Medicine (MB) and Master of Surgery (ChM) completed at the University of Sydney
1894 - 1895Resident Medical Officer at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney
c. 1895 - 1908Private practice in Newtown
1901 - 1910Honorary Assistant Surgeon at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital
c. 1910Council member of the British Medical Association, New South Wales branch
1911 - 1925Honorary Surgeon at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital
1914 - Lecturer in Surgery at the University of Sydney
1915 - Lieutenant-Colonel in the Australian Imperial Force
1915 - 1916Ship Surgeon with the No. 1 Hospital Ship Karoola in the Mediterranean and Australia
1917Surgeon at the Randwick Military Hospital, Sydney
1917 - 1918President of the British Medical Association, New South Wales branch
1926 - 1929Honorary Urological Surgeon at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital
1928 - Foundation Fellow of the College of Surgeons of Australasia
1930 - Consultant to the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital

 

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