Person
Fetherston, Richard Herbert Joseph (1864 - 1943)
- Born
- 2 May 1864
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - Died
- 3 June 1943
St Kilda, Victoria, Australia - Occupation
- Physician
Summary
Richard Featherstone became a resident medical officer at the Women's Hospital, Melbourne in 1887 and from 1914-1924 was a gynaecologist at the (Royal) Melbourne Hospital. He also served as Director- General of the Australian Army medical services 1914-1919.
Related entries
Archival resources
Australian War Memorial Research Centre
- Richard Herbert Fetherston - Records; Australian War Memorial Research Centre. Details
Tracy Maund Historical Collection, Royal Women's Hospital
- Richard Herbert Fetherston - Records; Tracy Maund Historical Collection, Royal Women's Hospital. Details
Published resources
Book Sections
- Forster, Frank M. C., 'Fetherston, Richard Herbert Joseph (1864-1943)' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 8: 1891 - 1939 Cl-Gib, Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle, eds (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1981), pp. 489-490. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A080516b.htm. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q21537320. Details
- 'Fetherston, Richard Herbert Joseph (1864-1943)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1465870. Details
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 26 February 2018
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