Person
Peel, Clifford
- Occupation
- Medical student
Summary
Clifford Peel, a Victorian medical student, suggested to the Reverend John Flynn (qv), then superintendent of the Australian Inland Mission, that aerial ambulances would solve the problem of providing rapid medical services to the outback (1917). Peel, a member of the Australian Flying Corps, was killed in France before his ideas were realised.
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Resources
- 'Peel, Clifford', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1476894. Details
See also
- Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, Technology in Australia 1788-1988, Online edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, 3 May 2000, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/tia/index_p.html. Details
Rosanne Walker
Created: 25 May 2001, Last modified: 25 May 2006
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