Doctor Cecil Evelyn Aufrere Cook

Known as Mick
Public service head
Born
23 September 1897, Bexhill (Surrey), England
Died
4 July 1985, Wahroonga, New South Wales
Sex
Male
Father
James Whiteford Murray Cook (med practitioner)
Mother
Emily Puckle
Married Jessie Winifred Miller

Degrees

1920Bachelor of MedicineThe University of Sydney
1920Master of Surgery (ChM)The University of Sydney
1929Doctor of MedicineThe University of Sydney

Career

  • DPH Syd 1931, DTM&H Lond 1923.
  • Med practitioner (regd NSW 10 Sep 1930).
  • Chief Med Offr and Chief Protector of Aborigines, NT 1927-39.
  • Commr of Public Health, WA 1946-49.
  • Dir of Public Health, Cwlth Dept of Health 1958-62.
  • CBE civ 1935.

Military service

  • Second World War: Lieutenant-Colonel AAMC 2nd AIF.

Sources

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