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Electorates
- MLC Metropolitan-Suburban, 16 June 1915 (by-election)–28 November 1929
Office
- Minister without Portfolio, 27 July 1916–28 June 1917
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Personal Information |
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16 July 1868 |
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Perth, Western Australia |
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28 November 1929 |
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Perth, Western Australia |
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Karrakatta Cemetery, WA |
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Son of Henry, merchant, and Mary Ann Syred |
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Married 17 April 1895, St John’s Church, Paddington, London, England to Amy Enid Staples (born circa 1868 and died 23 May 1950), daughter of Joseph Henry Prosser and Elizabeth Jones
Children: one son |
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Church of England |
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Perth High School
Scholarship to Trinity College, Cambridge; Saint Mary’s Hospital London
Bachelor of Medicine (MB), 1894; Bachelor of Surgery (BS) (Canterbury)
Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons (FRCS) (Edinburgh)
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Doctor, surgeon |
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Senior surgeon Perth Hospital, 1895
Enlisted Australian Imperial Force 1 August 1916, Major
Senior surgeon of 14th Australian General Hospital based in Egypt
Lieutenant Colonel, 14 August 1916
Discharged, 31 July 1919
Senate, University of Western Australia, 1912–1929; Warden of Convocation, 1916–1917 and 1920–1922; Chancellor, 1922–1929 |
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Order of the British Empire (OBE) |
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D Black and G Bolton, eds, Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia: volume one 1870-1930, Parliamentary History Project, Perth, WA, 2010, p. 175–176.
Metropolitan Cemeteries Board website. Accessed 23 August 2022. https://portal.mcb.wa.gov.au/name-search/ns-detail/?id=07270e51-d41c-ec11-b6e7-00224814c3d1 |
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