Person
Wunderly, Harry Wyatt (1892 - 1971)
Kt FRCP
- Born
- 30 May 1892
Camberwell, Victoria, Australia - Died
- 14 April 1971
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia - Occupation
- Medical administrator
Summary
Sir Harry Wunderly was a medical practitioner and public-health administrator who was a specialist in tuberculosis. Working for the South Australian he developed ways to control the spread of the disease by improving milk supply standards along with implementing early diagnosis techniques and notification. Wunderly was instrumental in the development of new X-ray machines capable of screening people on mass. In 1947 he became the first director of tuberculosis in the Commonwealth Department of Health in Canberra. As part of this role Wunderly saw a new national tuberculosis control program introduced as well as free medical, hospital and follow-up care for those with active tuberculosis.
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Chronology
- 1915
- Education - Bachelor of Medicine (MB) and Bachelor of Surgery (BS), University of Melbourne
- 1924 - 1925
- Career position - Visited England and Switzerland in study methods of treating tuberculosis
- 1924 - 1942?
- Career position - Practiced in Adelaide as a Consultant Physician specialising in tuberculosis
- 1927
- Education - Doctor of Medicine (MD), University of Melbourne
- 1938
- Career position - Fellow, Royal Australasian College of Physicians (FRACP)
- June 1942 - May 1947
- Military service - Second World War. Served with the Australian Army Medical Corps, 116th Australian General Hospital, the 106th Australian General Hospital and the 115th Military Hospital
- 1947 - 1957?
- Career position - Director of Tuberculosis, Commonwealth Department of Health, Canberra
- 1952
- Career position - Fellow, American College of Chest Physicians
- 1952
- Award - Fellow, Royal College of Physicians, London (FRCP)
- 1 January 1954
- Award - Knight Bachelor (Kt) - Director of the Department of Health
- 1957
- Life event - Retired
- 1959 - 1961
- Career position - President, National Association for the Prevention of Tuberculosis in Australia
Published resources
Book Sections
- Proust, Anthony, 'Wunderly, Sir Harry Wyatt (1892-1971), Medical Practitioner and Public-health Administrator' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 16: 1940 - 1980 Pik-Z, John Ritchie and Diane Langmore, eds (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 2002), pp. 592-593. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A160705b.htm. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q5673582. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/94961961. Details
- CA 2002, 2 Echelon, Army Headquarters; CA 46, Department of Defence [III], Central Office, 'NAA: B884, S41475', B884 Citizen Military Forces Personnel Dossiers, 1939-1947, National Archives of Australia, RecordSearch, https://RecordSearch.naa.gov.au/scripts/AutoSearch.asp?O=I&Number=6334959. Details
- 'Wunderly, Harry (1892-1971)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-639650. Details
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 21 June 2022
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