Dr John Watson
Personal Details
Dr John Watson
06/12/1909 to ??/??/??
Place of birth: Perth
Nationality: Australian
CRN: 715531
Education and qualifications
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General education |
Schooling unknown; University of Melbourne, resident in Newman College |
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Primary medical qualification(s) |
MBBS, Melbourne, 1935 |
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Initial Fellowship and type |
FFARCS by Election |
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Year of Fellowship |
1949 |
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Other qualification(s) |
MD, Melbourne, 1939; Graduate Diploma in Anaesthetics, Melbourne, 1947
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Professional life and career
Postgraduate career
No appointments have been identified.
Professional interests and activities
Dr Watson was the very first recipient of the ‘Melbourne DA’ in 1947, the year he became Secretary of the ASA. He contributed to a significant restructuring of its constitution in 1948, but illness (DS) prevented him from attending the 1949 AGM and he faded from the scene. His name is still on the 1956 membership list, but gaps in the records mean that no other information is available.
Other biographical information
Dr Noel Cass, originally from WA, remembers Dr Geoffrey Kaye (who he says “kept an eye on Watson” after his illness struck) mentioning that John Watson was also from the West. Australian military records show a Dr John Watson, born in Perth, WA, joining up at Royal Park (a suburb of Melbourne) in 1940, but the date of birth written on the service card is 12/06/1909 (c.f. 06/12/1909 in the University records) so it may not be the same person.
Author and Sources
Author: Prof Tony Wildsmith
Sources and any other comments: There are brief mentions of Watson in Gwen Wilson’s ‘One Grand Chain’, and these were used to obtain more information from the Australian Society, and the Alumnus organisation, Healthcare Faculty and Newman College at Melbourne University. However, it would be nice to know more about an obviously talented, if tragic, individual. Long distance search of on-line genealogy records have been unsuccessful.