Australian Groups

Lot 1050       Australian Groups

Estimate $2,000
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SOLD $2,500

GROUP OF FOUR:- 1914 Star; British War Medal 1914-18; Victory Medal; Jubilee Medal 1935, Major E.T. Thring. AUs. Vol. Hosp. Last medal unnamed, others impressed. Very fine.

Together with: 'History of the Australian Voluntary Hospital' (Article from Journal of the Australian Military Historical SOciety) and a detailed obituary from the Medical Journal of Australia. Thring, Edwad Thomas Born 24 December 1860: L.R.C.P. Lond., 1883, F.R.C.S., ENg 1885, (M.R.C.S. 1882) F.R.A.C.S.; Atkinson Morley Scholarship in Surgery, Univ. Coll. Hosp.; 1st holder of Research Scholarship in Medicine given by Soc. of Apothecaries, Eng.; Hon. Assisntant Gynaecological Surgeon Royal Prince Alfred Hosp. Syd., 1889-96, Hon. Gynaecological Surgeon 1897-1915, Hon. Consulting Gynaecological Surgeon since 1915; Hon. Consult, Gynaecologist Sth.Syd Women's Hosp.; Senior Surgeon Lewisham Hosp. 6 years; Surgeon Coast, Hosp. 10 years; late Hon M.O. Infants' Home, Ashfield; Late Surg. Royal Hosp.for Women, Syd; member B.M.A., Hon. Sect. and afterwards President N.S.W. Branch; Founder Fellow Royal A/asian Coll. of Surgeons; Founder and President Massage Assocn. of Aus.; President Trained Nurses' Assocn; Major R.A.M.C. 1914 Hon Major A.A.M.C. reserve 1916 served Great War.