Sir Samuel Roy Burston

Preferred forename Roy
Medical practitioner
Born
21 March 1888, Melbourne, Vic
Died
21 August 1960, South Yarra, Vic
Sex
Male
Father
James Burston (Lord Mayor of Melb and Maj-Gen AMF)
Mother
Marianne McBean
Married Helen Elizabeth Culross (daughter of William Culross [qv]); father of Robin Archibald Burston [qv]

Degrees

1910Bachelor of MedicineThe University of Melbourne
1910Bachelor of SurgeryThe University of Melbourne
1930Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (ad eundum gradum)The University of Adelaide

Career

  • FRACP 1938, FRCP Lond 1945.
  • Med practitioner (regd SA 8 Sep 1910).
  • Consultant physician.
  • Hon Col RAAMC 1952-57.
  • KBE 1952, KStJ 1945.
  • Hon Physician to King George VI.

Military service

  • WWI: Colonel 1st AIF (CBE 1919, DSO 1918, MID). WWII: Maj-Gen 2nd AIF (CB 1942).

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