Person
Poate, Hugh Raymond Guy (1884 - 1961)
MVO FRACI
- Born
- 16 January 1884
Summer Hill, New South Wales, Australia - Died
- 26 January 1961
Bellevue Hill, New South Wales, Australia - Occupation
- Surgeon
Summary
Sir Hugh Poate was skilled in orthopaedic, cranial and thoracic surgery. He was an international authority on thyroid surgery and was the first Australian to introduce medical treatment for hyperthyroidism using "thio" drugs. He was heavily involved with the St John Ambulance Brigade, becoming chief executive in 1947 when the Australian commandery became an independent branch. Poate was knighted in 1952, a foundation Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons (FRCS), President of the Medical Board of New South Wales, President of the Orchid Society of New South Wales and of the Royal Horticultural Society of New South Wales.
Details
Chronology
- 1907
- Career position - Resident of the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in Sydney
- 1907
- Education - Bachelor of Medicine (MB) and Master of Surgery (ChM) completed at the University of Sydney
- 1908
- Career position - Medical work in London
- 1909 -
- Career position - Commissioned in the Australian Army Medical Corps
- 1909 -
- Career position - Private practice in Macquarie Street, Sydney
- 1913 -
- Career position - Joined the St John Ambulance Brigade
- 1914 - 1917
- Military service - Member of the Australian Imperial Force
- 1929 -
- Career position - Consulting Surgeon to the Royal Australian Air Force
- 1929 - 1942
- Career position - State Commissioner of the St John Ambulance Brigade
- 1938
- Career position - Lecturer in postgraduate surgery and Director of the surgical unit at the Prince Henry Hospital, Sydney
- 1942 - 1947
- Career position - Administrative Head of Commandery of the St John Ambulance Brigade
- 1945 - 1948
- Career position - President of Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
- 1947 -
- Career position - Chief Executive of Commandery of the St John Ambulance Brigade
- 1947
- Award - Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO)
- 1952
- Award - Knighted
- 1957 - 1961
- Career position - Foundation Chairman of the Old People's Welfare Council of New South Wales
Related entries
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Published resources
Book Sections
- Howie-Willis, Ian, 'Poate, Sir Hugh Raymond Guy (1884-1961), Surgeon' in Australian Dictionary of Biography, Geoffrey Serle, ed., vol. 11 (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1988), pp. 250-251. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A110255b.htm. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q21538043. Details
- 'Poate, Hugh Raymond Guy (1884-1961)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1476368. Details
Rosanne Walker
Created: 30 June 1997, Last modified: 30 August 2023