Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Charles Bickerton Blackburn was an Australian university chancellor and physician.
10 Facts About Charles Blackburn
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Charles Blackburn was Dean of the Faculty of Medicine 1932 - 1935.
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Charles Blackburn was a councillor of the Australian Medical Association and the Association of Physicians of Australasia.
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Charles Blackburn served in World War I as a lieutenant-colonel for the Australian Army Medical Corps.
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Charles Blackburn was appointed an OBE for his services towards the Medical Corps, and became the chair of the Commonwealth Royal Commission on the assessment of war service disabilities, in 1924.
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In World War II, Charles Blackburn served in the 113 Australian General Hospital, in Concord.
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Charles Blackburn began his medical career at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in Sydney, Australia.
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Charles Blackburn set up his own private practice in 1903, but he still remained connected with the hospital.
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Charles Blackburn's son was called Charles, was similarly a Lieutenant-Colonel for the Australian Army Medical Corps, and was similarly associated with the University of Sydney, becoming the Bosch Professor and Head of the Department of Medicine in 1957.
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Charles Blackburn died in 1972 in the Sydney suburb of Bellevue Hill, at the age of 98.