Sir William Dudley Duncan Refshauge

Public service head
Born
3 April 1913, Carlton, Victoria
Died
27 May 2009, Australian Capital Territory
Sex
Male
Father
Francis Christopher Refshauge (school principal)
Mother
Margaret Craig
Married Helen Elizabeth Allwright (nursing sister)

Degrees

1938Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of SurgeryThe University of Melbourne

Career

  • MD hc Syd 1988.
  • FRACP 1964.
  • Med Supt, Melb Women's Hosp.
  • Dir-Gen, Cwlth Dept of Health.
  • Chairman, National Health and Med Research Council.
  • Pres, World Health Assembly 1971.
  • CBE 1959, knight bachelor 1966, AC 1980.
  • Hon Physician to the Queen 1955.

Military service

  • Second World War: Lieutenant-Colonel AAMC 2nd AIF (OBE 1944, MID). After WWII: Major-General AMF 1955.

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