Person
Anderson, Colin Warden (1901 - 1988)
- Born
- 26 January 1901
Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia - Died
- 15 June 1988
Eastern Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia - Occupation
- Medical administrator, Medical practitioner, Military doctor and Public servant
Summary
Colin Warden Anderson was a general practitioner and surgeon.
During World War II he served in the Australian Army Medical Corps and after the war was appointed Deputy-director of rehabilitation in the Commonwealth Department of Social Services, with a three year secondment to Department of Post-war Reconstruction. He developed many initiatives to support returned serviceman.
His belief in the importance of post-graduate education for general practitioners led him to have a large part in establishing the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners.
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Chronology
- 1924
- Education - Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MB BS) University of Melbourne
- 1925
- Career position - Intern at the Melbourne Hospital
- 1926
- Career position - Intern at the Perth Public Hospital
- 1927
- Career position - Medical officer at the Wooroloo Sanatorium, Western Australia
- 1927 - 1941
- Career position - In general practice in Dalwallinu, Western Australia
- 1941 - 1944
- Military service - Captain in the Australian Army Medical Corps, posted as medical officer to the 5th Garrison Battalion at Swanbourne
- 1944
- Career position - Appointed rehabilitation medical officer, Western Command
- 1945 - 1946
- Career position - Temporary major in the Australian Army Medical Corps
- 1946 - 1951
- Career position - Deputy-director of rehabilitation in the Commonwealth Department of Social Services, Perth
- 1951 -
- Career event - Returned to general practice
- 1952 - 1967
- Career position - Council member of the Western Australian branch of the British Medical Association
- 1955 - 1963
- Career position - Member of the Federal Council of the British (later Australian) Medical Association
- 1956 - 1957
- Career position - Chairman, Western Australia Faculty of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners
- 1956 - 1962
- Career position - Provost of the Western Australia Faculty of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners
- 1957 - 1966
- Career position - Director of Australasian Medical Publishing Co. Ltd
- 1958
- Career position - President, Western Australian Branch of the British Medical Association
- 1963
- Award - Fellow, Royal Australian College of General Practitioners
- 1963 - 1966
- Career position - President, Federal body of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners
- 1968 -
- Career position - Permanent vice-president of the Western Australian Branch of the Australian Medical Association
- 1973 - 1974
- Career position - Provost of the Western Australia Faculty of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners
- 1981
- Award - Member of the Order of the British Empire (O.B.E.)
Published resources
Book Sections
- Fitzgerald, Criena, 'Anderson, Colin Warden (1901-1988), Medical Practitioner' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 17: 1981 - 1990 A-K, Diane Langmore, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 2007), p. 18. http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/anderson-colin-warden-12134. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q21536564. Details
- 'Anderson, Colin Warden (19010126-19880615)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1465137. Details
Rebecca Rigby
Created: 31 January 2012, Last modified: 30 August 2023