Person
Bearup, Arthur Joseph (1895 - 1973)
BEM
- Born
- 1895
Hamilton, Victoria, Australia - Died
- 10 December 1973
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Occupation
- Parasitologist
Summary
Arthur Joseph Bearup was lecturer in medical parasitology for thirty years at the University of Sydney. After completing his schooling, he joined the Postmaster General's Department where he worked in Nhill, Victoria as a telegraph messenger until he qualified as a telegraphist. Bearup was then sent to Brisbane and then Mt Surprise in Queensland. His service with the Postmaster General's Department was interrupted during the First World War when Bearup joined the Australian Imperial Forces and was sent to the Middle East. Upon his return to Australia, he was transferred to the Commonwealth Department of Health in 1922. one of his tasks there was to help establish a Commonwealth Health laboratory in Townsville. In 1928 Bearup transferred to the Australian Institute of Tropical Medicine, also in Townsville, and was appointed technical assistant to the parasitologist. The Institute closed down in 1930 and most staff, including Bearup were transferred to the School of Public Health and Tropical medicine at the University of Sydney. Arthur Bearup spent the next thirty years researching and teaching parasitology there. In 1968 he was awarded the British Empire Medal for services to medicine.
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Chronology
- 1909 - 1922
- Career position - Telegraph Messenger, then Telegraphist with the Postmaster-General's Department, Victoria and Queensland
- 1916 - 1919
- Military service - First World War. Lance Corporal, First Wireless Signal Squadron, Australian Imperial Forces and was sent to the Middle East
- 1922
- Career position - Established the Commonwealth Health laboratory in Townsville, Queensland
- c. 1922 - c. 1928
- Career position - Scientist with the Commonwealth Department of Health
- 1928 - 1930
- Career position - Technical Assistant to the Parasitologist, Australian Institute of Tropical Medicine in Townsville
- 1930 - 1960
- Career position - Parasitologist and Teacher at the School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, University of Sydney
- 1934
- Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Sydney
- 1968
- Award - Medal of the Order of the British Empire (BEM) - Scientific Officer in the Department of Health
Published resources
Journal Articles
- McMillan, B.; and Claffey, J. E., 'Obituary: Arthur Joseph Bearup', Medical Journal of Australia, 2 (1974), 109-110. Details
Resources
- CA 2001 Australian Imperial Force, Base Records Office, 'NAA: B2455, Bearup A J', B2455 First Australian Imperial Force Personnel Dossiers, 1914-1920, National Archives of Australia, RecordSearch, https://RecordSearch.naa.gov.au/scripts/AutoSearch.asp?O=I&Number=3061762. Details
- 'Bearup, Arthur Joseph (1895-1973)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1475776. Details
Annette Alafaci
Created: 9 May 2006, Last modified: 8 September 2022