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Beyond 1914

Locality: Sydney, Australia

Address: PARRAMATTA RD 2006 Sydney, NSW, Australia

Website: www.sydney.edu.au/beyond1914

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24.01.2022 Learn more about the people who made contributions to the rise of expertise on their return from WWI, through the ARC funded project Expert Nation: Universities, War and 1920 & 1930 Australia. http://expertnation.org/

19.01.2022 Dr Isabel Ormiston OBE (M.B. 1907), was Medical Inspector of Schools in Tasmania when the Great War broke out. She paid her own way to the war front in 1914 and served with the Red Cross and Wounded Allies Relief Committee across England, France, Salonika, Serbia, Belgium and Montenegro from 1914 - 1919. She remained in Egypt after the armistice and was Medical Inspector of Schools there for many years. Isabel was mentioned in despatches for "conspicuous bravery and devotion to duty" and awarded the Montenegrin Red Cross medal amongst others. https://heuristplus.sydney.edu.au/heurist/

12.01.2022 Dr Gordon Bradley Lowe (MB ChM 1915) was mobilised with Sydney University Scouts at the outbreak of war to guard the La Perouse Cable Station and South Head Forts. Enlisting in September, 1915, he served with No. 3 Australian General Hospital at Mudros till the evacuation of Gallipoli and then in France until 1918. He took hundreds of interesting photographs during his time in service. He returned to Australia in the early 1920s to establish a stellar career in Obstetrics. See more https://heuristplus.sydney.edu.au/heurist/

08.01.2022 Frederick Walter Robinson, MA(Sydney)1912, PhD(Jena University)1913, showed a sense of humour when supplying a portrait to the University in 1921. "I also - with some diffidence- enclose a photograph of myself because I heard somewhere that the union was 'collecting'. If wrong, I apologize for causing you unavoidably to see the face, and ask for its return at your convenience" The photo remains in the University Archives WWI collection. beyond1914.sydney.edu.au