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E005099 - Johnston, Benjamin George (1898 - 1952)
Title:
Johnston, Benjamin George (1898 - 1952)
Author:
Royal College of Surgeons of England
Identifier:
RCS: E005099
Publisher:
London : Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date:
2014-03-07
Description:
Obituary for Johnston, Benjamin George (1898 - 1952), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Language:
English
Source:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Full Name:
Johnston, Benjamin George
Date of Birth:
17 August 1898
Date of Death:
12 March 1952
Place of Death:
Prospect, South Australia, Australia
Occupation:
Titles/Qualifications:
MRCS 13 May 1926

FRCS 8 December 1927

LRCP 1926

MB BS Adelaide 1924
Details:
Born on 17 August 1898 second child and only son of John Bathgate Johnston, merchant, and Lilian May his wife, he was educated at Adelaide High School and University, qualifying in 1924. He came to the London Hospital and, after two years postgraduate study in England, returned to South Australia, where he was medical officer to Port Pirie Hospital from 1928 to 1946, living at Lauriston, Balmoral Road, Port Pirie. He was clinical assistant in the surgical section of the Royal Adelaide Hospital 1946-52, and practised at Liberal Club Buildings, North Terrace, Adelaide. He married in 1935 Lilian Davies, who survived him with two sons, and died on 12 March 1952 at 105 Prospect Road, Prospect, SA.
Sources:
*Med J Austral* 1952, 1, 460 without memoir

Information from Mrs Lilian Johnston
Rights:
Copyright (c) The Royal College of Surgeons of England
Collection:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Format:
Obituary
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Asset Path:
Root/Lives of the Fellows/E005000-E005999/E005000-E005099
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