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E005088 - Kennedy, John (1880 - 1955)
Title:
Kennedy, John (1880 - 1955)
Author:
Royal College of Surgeons of England
Identifier:
RCS: E005088
Publisher:
London : Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date:
2014-03-07
Description:
Obituary for Kennedy, John (1880 - 1955), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Language:
English
Source:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Full Name:
Kennedy, John
Date of Birth:
1880
Place of Birth:
Bridgewater, Victoria, Australia
Date of Death:
26 September 1955
Place of Death:
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:
Titles/Qualifications:
MRCS and FRCS 12 June 1913

MB ChB Melbourne 1907

MD 1910

FRACS 1929
Details:
Born at Bridgewater near Bendigo, Victoria in 1880. His forebears had migrated to Australia from Foss, near Pitlochry, Scotland in 1840. The family moved later to Narracan, Gippsland, where his father was a timber contractor and where he attended school, but was largely self taught. He matriculated from Wesley College, Melbourne with an exhibition in Greek, graduated from Melbourne University, and was resident medical officer at Melbourne Hospital 1908-10. He went to England for postgraduate work at Queen Charlotte's, the Middlesex, St Mark's, and the Basschurch Orthopaedic Hospitals. He worked under Robert Jones and Lockhart-Mummery, the latter offering him a partnership if he would remain in England. Returning to Australia in 1914 he became pathologist to St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne, and then acting surgeon to the Alfred Hospital 1914-20, honorary surgeon 1920-40, and consulting surgeon 1940-55. He practised as a general surgeon at 16 Collins Street, but was especially interested in insurance work. He lived at 4 Gordon Grove, South Yarra. He founded the Accident Clinic for the Chamber of Manufacturers in 1916. During the 1914-18 war he served with the Australian Imperial Force as a Major in the Australian Army Medical Corps at the 14th and later at the 5th Australian General Hospitals. He married first Jean Wakley, who died about 1920 and by whom he had two daughters; secondly, Margaret Holden in 1925. He died at Melbourne on 26 September 1955 aged 75, survived by his widow, two sons and four daughters. His eldest son is David Kennedy FRCS. Publications: Some medical aspects of the Workers' Compensation Act. *Med J Austral* 1926, 1, 661. Diathermy treatment in industrial injuries. *Med J Austral* 1937, 2, 877. Surgery in the aged and debilitated. *Med J Austral* 1938, 1, 531. Injury in relation to accident with special reference to conflict between medical and legal opinion in patients with hernia. *Proc Med-Leg Soc Vict* 1939, 3, 176. Workers' compensation, with G H Lush. *Proc Med-Leg Soc Vict* 1953, 5, 185.
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Copyright (c) The Royal College of Surgeons of England
Collection:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
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Obituary
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Root/Lives of the Fellows/E005000-E005999/E005000-E005099
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