Rupert Downes

Herausgegeben:Surhone, Lambert M.; Timpledon, Miriam T.; Marseken, Susan F.

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Major General Rupert Major Downes CMG, KStJ, VD, FRACS was an Australian soldier, general, surgeon and historian in the first half of the 20th century. Downes attended the University of Melbourne, graduating with his medical degrees in 1907. He returned to the university to pursue a Doctor of Medicine degree, which was awarded in 1911. The son of an Army officer, Downes joined the Army as a trumpeter while he was still at school. He was commissioned as a captain in the Australian Army Medical Corps in 1908. Downes joined the First AIF in 1914 as its youngest lieutenant colonel. He served in the Gallipoli campaign, and was appointed Assistant Director of Medical Services of the newly formed Anzac Mounted Division in 1916, which he combined this with the post of ADMS AIF Egypt. In 1917, he became Deputy Director of Medical Services of the Desert Mounted Corps. After the war, Downes wrote articles on medical aspects of the Sinai and Palestine Campaign and wrote the section on the campaign for the official history.

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• Verlag: Betascript Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 160
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9786130432096
• ISBN-10: 6130432097
• Artikelnr.: 28526795