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Cilento, Raphael West (1893 - 1985) |
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| Medical administrator and Public servant | |||
| Born: 2 December 1893 Jamestown, South Australia, Australia. Died: 14 April 1985. | |||
| (Sir) Raphael West Cilento graduated in medicine at the University of Adelaide and then specialized in tropical medicine. He was Director-General of Health and Medical Services in Queensland 1934-45 and Professor of Social and Tropical Medicine at the University of Queensland. |
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| Born Jamestown, South Australia, 2 December 1893. Died 14 April, 1985. Educated University of Adelaide (MD, BS) and London School of Tropical Medicine(DRM and H). Australian Naval and Military Forces, New Guinea 1915-19; medical officer, Federated Malay States 1920-21; Medical Officer for Tropical Hygiene, Commonwealth Department of Health from 1921; Director, Australian Institute of Tropical Medicine, Townsville 1922-27; Director, Division of Tropical Hygiene and Chief Quarantine Officer, North East Division of Australia 1928-33; Director-General of Health and Medical Services Queensland 1934-45; Honorary Professor of Social and Tropical Medicine, University of Queensland 1937-45; U.N.R.R.A. Zone Director, British Zone in Germany and attached to British Army of the Rhine 1945-46; Director for Refugees and Displaced Persons, United Nations 1946-47; director, Division of Social Activities 1947-49; established project for relief of refugees from Arab-Israeli War 1948; returned to Australia 1951; part-time medical practice, Mooloolaba and wrote articles for journals and newspapers. President, Medical Board of Queensland 1939-45; president, Historical Society of Queensland on several occasions. | ||
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