Herbert Henry Bullmore MB ChB Edin MRCPE FRACP was a rugby union player who represented Scotland, a leading physician and the grandfather of Australian media magnate Kerry Packer.
10 Facts About Herbert Bullmore
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Herbert Bullmore spent three years studying law, before deciding to undertake medical studies at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland, graduating in 1902.
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From 1901 to 1902 Herbert Bullmore was President of Edinburgh University Union.
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Herbert Bullmore served as a resident at the Royal Infirmary and at the Children's Hospital, Edinburgh, gaining his Membership of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh in 1904.
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Herbert Bullmore then practised in Bath for a while before returning to Australia to practice as a consulting physician in Sydney.
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Herbert Bullmore would later be appointed honorary physician at the Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney, in 193, was an honorary major in the Australian Army Medical Corps and one of the founders of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians.
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Herbert Bullmore died suddenly at his residence "Altona" in Point Piper, Sydney on 28 December 1937.
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Herbert Bullmore's funeral was held at All Saints Church, Woollahra and was cremated.
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Herbert Bullmore married Melbourne-born Elfrida Buttner, the daughter of Dr Alexander Buttner, at St Andrew's Church, Ashley-place, London on 24 August 1904 and together they had a son and four daughters.
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Bullmore's son Herbert James Bullmore was a Flyer-Officer in the Royal Australian Air Force who was killed in action in New Guinea during World War II, while one of Bullmore's daughters was Mary Horden, fashion editor of The Australian Women's Weekly from 1946 to 1957 and another was Gretel Packer, the wife of Sir Frank Packer and the mother of Australian media magnate Kerry Packer.