Person
Kendall, Ernest Arthur (1876 - 1938)
CMG
- Born
- 30 August 1876
Ambleside, Westmorland, England - Died
- 21 March 1938
North Brighton, Victoria, Australia - Occupation
- Veterinary scientist
Summary
Ernest Kendall, son of W.T. Kendall (qv), taught at both the Melbourne Veterinary College and the University of Melbourne Veterinary School. He later became Chief Veterinary Officer in the Victorian Department of Agriculture. In 1934, having served as chairman of a special Government commission, Kendall was appointed Chairman of the Milk Board, responsible for the testing, regulation and control of Melbourne's milk supply. As an officer in the Australian Army Veterinary Corps he served in both the Boer War and WWI. He established the Australia Veterinary Hospital near Calais, France, in 1917: it was closed in 1919.
Details
Chronology
- 1897 -
- Career position - Served with the Australian Army Veterinary Corps
- 1897
- Education - Graduated from the Melbourne Veterinary College
- 1897 - 1908
- Career position - Teacher, Melbourne Veterinary College
- 1901 - 1908
- Career position - Veterinary Officer, Victorian Department of Agriculture
- 1908 - 1926
- Career position - Assistant Chief Veterinary Officer, Victorian Department of Agriculture
- 1909 - 1910
- Career position - Temporary Lecturer in veterinary medicine and obstetrics, University of Melbourne
- 1911
- Education - BVSc, University of Melbourne
- 1913
- Career position - Foundation Member, Veterinary Association of Victoria
- 1914 - 1924
- Career position - Honorary Secretary, Veterinary Association of Victoria
- 1917
- Award - Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG)
- 1926 - 1938
- Career position - Chief Veterinary Officer, Victorian Department of Agriculture
- 1928 - 1929
- Career position - President, Veterinary Association of Victoria
- 1934 - 1938
- Career position - Chairman, Victorian Milk Board
Related entries
Parent
Archival resources
The University of Melbourne Archives
- Ernest Arthur Kendall - Records, 1860 - 1936; The University of Melbourne Archives. Details
Published resources
Book Sections
- Albiston, Harold E., 'Kendall, William Tyson (1851-1936) and Ernest Arthur (1876-1938)' in Australian Dictionary of Biography, Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle, eds, vol. 9 (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1983), pp. 563-564. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A090562b.htm. Details
Journal Articles
- Faragher, Trevor, 'Ernest Arthur Kendall: his life in peace and war', Australian veterinary journal, 89 (1/2) (2011), 3-8. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1750813.2010.00669.x. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q21537432. Details
- 'Kendall, Ernest Arthur (1876-)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1465045. Details
Gavan McCarthy [P004098] and Helen Cohn
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 6 October 2023
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