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Edye, Benjamin Thomas (1884 - 1962)

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Surgeon
Born: 17 July 1884  Orange, New South Wales, Australia.  Died: 12 October 1962  Paddington, New South Wales, Australia.
(Sir) Benjamin Thomas Edye was a surgeon at the Royal Prince Alfred and St Vincent’s Hospitals for many years and surgical consultant at the St George, Manly and Ryde Hospitals. He also worked in private practice and served as a medical officer in both wars (volunteer, not enlisted during World War I). Edye was professor of surgery at the University of Sydney for two years (1928-1930) and set up the surgical unit at the Rachel Forster Hospital for Women and Children. He was also a co-founder of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons.Benjamin Edye was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1957 and was knighted (KBE) in 1958.
Career Highlights

Chronology
1910Bachelor of Medicine (MB) completed at the University of Sydney
1911Resident Medical Officer at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney
1912 - 1914Senior Medical Officer at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital
1913Master of Surgery (ChM) completed at the University of Sydney
1913Demonstrator in Pathology at the University of Sydney
1914Studied in England
1915 - Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, England
c. 1915 - 1917Captain with the Australian Voluntary Hospital in Wimereux, France
1917 - 1918Captain with the 56th Division, then the 41st Casualty Clearing Station
1918Returned to Australia
1920 - 1927Honorary Assistant Surgeon at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital
1923 - 1924Honorary Assistant Surgeon at St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney
1924 - 1928Honorary Surgeon at St Vincent's Hospital
1928Honorary Surgeon at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital
1928 - 1930Acting Professor of Surgery at the University of Sydney
1936Studied thoracic and plastic surgery in Europe and USA
1938 - 1939President of the British Medical Association, New south Wales branch
1945 - 1958President of the New South Wales Medical Defence Union Ltd.
1949 - 1959Founder and Councillor of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
1957Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
1958Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE)

 
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