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E005579 - Stonham, Franklyn Victor (1900 - 1964)
Title:
Stonham, Franklyn Victor (1900 - 1964)
Author:
Royal College of Surgeons of England
Identifier:
RCS: E005579
Publisher:
London : Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date:
2014-06-25
Description:
Obituary for Stonham, Franklyn Victor (1900 - 1964), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Language:
English
Source:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Full Name:
Stonham, Franklyn Victor
Date of Birth:
14 May 1900
Place of Birth:
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Date of Death:
22 February 1964
Occupation:
Titles/Qualifications:
MRCS and FRCS 11 December 1947

FRCSEd 1946

FRACS 1928

BSc Melbourne 1925

MB BCh 1929
Details:
Born in Sydney on 14 May 1900 he was educated at Camberwell Grammar School, Melbourne and the University of Melbourne graduating in science. He was successively clinical assistant to the Orthopaedic department of the Royal Melbourne Hospital, assistant orthopaedic surgeon at the Royal Children's Hospital, and orthopaedic surgeon to the Repatriation General Hospital, Heidelberg, Melbourne. Stonham served in the Indian Medical Service 1938-48, retiring with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. As a surgeon specialist he was posted to the British General Hospital at Poona and then to various Indian General Hospitals in India, the Middle and Near East and Europe, finally making postgraduate study in England in 1947. After returning to Australia he practised at 2 Collins Street, Melbourne and lived at 346 Whitehorse Road, Balwyn. He died on 22 February 1964 aged 63, survived by his daughter. There is a photograph of Stonham at the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons. Publications: Treatment of wounds with urea *Ind med Gaz* 1940, 75, 575. The gallbladder and its veins *Ind med Gaz* 1942, 77, 475. Some observations on the surgery of the hand *Ind med Gaz* 1945, 80, 597. Surgical ballistics *Med J Aust* 1946, 2, 863.
Sources:
Information from his daughter and from Professor K F Russell
Rights:
Copyright (c) The Royal College of Surgeons of England
Collection:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Format:
Obituary
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Root/Lives of the Fellows/E005000-E005999/E005500-E005599
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