Neil Hamilton Fairley ( 1891 - 1966 )

Birth: Inglewood, Victoria, Australia (15 July 1891) Death: Surrey, England (20 April 1966) Education: MBBS (Melbourne, 1915); MD, DSc Career: Served in the Australian Army Medical Corps (World War 1); Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, Melbourne (1920); Medical Research Officer, Bombay; returned to Hall Institute (1927); Lecturer, School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (1929-1940); Consulting Physician, Australian Military Forces (1940-1942); Director of Medicine and Chairman, Combined Advisory Committee on Tropical Medicine, South Pacific Area (1942-1946); Professor of Tropical Medicine, London (1946); resigned on health grounds (1948) Honours: OBE 1918; CBE 1941; KBE 1950 Memberships: FRCP; Royal Society of Tropical Health and Hygience (President 1951) Membership: Fellow Election Date: 19/03/1942 Medals/Prizes: Buchanan Medal 1957.