O'Mara, Maxwell Lachlan (1923 - 1990)
by
Royal College of Surgeons of England
Asset Name
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E007554 - O'Mara, Maxwell Lachlan (1923 - 1990)
Title
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O'Mara, Maxwell Lachlan (1923 - 1990)
Author
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Royal College of Surgeons of England
Identifier
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RCS: E007554
Publisher
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London : Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date
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2015-07-02
Subject
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Medical Obituaries
Description
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Obituary for O'Mara, Maxwell Lachlan (1923 - 1990), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Language
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English
Source
:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Full Name
:
O'Mara, Maxwell Lachlan
Date of Birth
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28 September 1923
Date of Death
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9 March 1990
Occupation
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ENT surgeon
Plastic surgeon
Plastic and reconstructive surgeon
Titles/Qualifications
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MRCS and FRCS 1951
MB BS Sydney 1945
DLO 1949
FRACS 1956
Details
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Maxwell O'Mara was born 28 September 1923 the only son of William Timothy (Tim) O'Mara a grazier and Mary Rose (May) Long. He was educated at the Christian Brothers College, Waverley, NSW, St Ignatius' College, Riverview, NSW and Sydney University (St John's College and St Vincent's Hospital).
During the second world war he served as a Captain in the Australian Army Medical Corps and afterwards enjoyed postgraduate training in the UK under Sir Gordon Gordon-Taylor, and Messrs Rotter, Battle, Hamblen-Thomas and Mansfield in ear nose and throat and plastic surgery, gaining the DLO in 1949 and FRCS in 1951. He returned to Sydney to become honorary plastic surgeon to Sydney, St Vincent's and St Margaret's Hospitals.
His extracurricular interests included swimming and photography. In 1954 he married Mary Patricia Mayo and they had one son and two daughters. He died of cancer on 9 March 1990, survived by his wife and family.
Rights
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Copyright (c) The Royal College of Surgeons of England
Collection
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Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Format
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Obituary
Format
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Asset
Asset Path
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Root/Lives of the Fellows/E007000-E007999/E007500-E007599
URL for File
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379737
Media Type
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Unknown