Richard Geoffrey Champion de Crespigny

Preferred forename Geoffrey
Medical practitioner
Born
16 June 1907, Glenthompson, Victoria
Died
13 February 1966, Adelaide RD, South Australia
Sex
Male
Father
Sir Constantine Trent Champion de Crespigny [qv]
Mother
Beatrix Hughes

Degrees

1930Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of SurgeryThe University of Melbourne
1933Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (ad eundum gradum)The University of Adelaide

Career

  • MRACP 1938, FRACP 1953.
  • Med practitioner (regd Vic 5 Nov 1930.
  • regd SA 8 Jan 1931).
  • Paediatrician.

Military service

  • Second World War: Lieutenant-Colonel 2nd AIF. After WWII: Colonel CMF (OBE).

Sources

Other:
  • Henderson (EPF), Leask p101, SAGG 23 Feb 1967, SADI 5A/959 1966, Vic Med Reg 1946, SA Med Reg 1946.

Notes

Descended from Claude Champion de Crespigny, Vicomte de Vire and subsequently Colonel in the British Army, who crossed from France to Eng in 1684 after revocation of the Edict of Nantes.
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