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Thomas Scard
Family Name: Scard  Variant Spellings:  
Given Names: Thomas
DOB 1834
DOD 3 October 1871 
Place of Birth:
Place of Death: Sydney, NSW 
Age at Death: 37
School:
University:  
Qualifications: MRCS 1859
Speciality:  
Other Occupations:
Spouse: Ellen m.1856
Children: One child
Voyages: "Oceanica" from Liverpool arr. Melbourne 11 July 1865
  • "Peerless" from Liverpool arr. Sydney 6 June 1866
  • Came out as: Surgeon superintendent 
    Date Settled Aus: by 1867
    Date of Departure:  
    First Registered: 1868 NSW
    Off Register:  
    Addresses: London, England 1865 (Medical Register)
  • Melbourne, Vic 1865 (shipping record)
  • Ryde, NSW 1866-1867 (SMH)
  • Balmain NSW 1867 onwards (Medical Register)
  • Positions Held: Army 1859 (Lancet)
    Publications: Ship Oceanica. Age (Melbourne) 22 July 1865 [re heroic sailor, signed Thomas Scard MD MRCSE Government Surgeon Superintendent, Williamstown]
  • Scard v. Twentyman and wife. Sydney Morning Herald 4 August 1870 [correcting the reported date of his marriage, signed Thomas Scard MRCS LSA, Balmain]
  • Notes:
    Acknowledgments:
    References: New South Wales Medical Board. Register of Medical Practitioners for 1868 [Thomas Scard registered January 1867 Balmain MRCS 1859]
  • Medical register. General Council of Medical Education and Registration UK 1866 [registered 1865 King's College London MRCSE 1859]
  • Mariners and ships in Australian waters website [Thomas Scard surgeon on "Peerless" from Liverpool arrived Sydney 14 June with immigrants]
  • Medical news. Lancet 2 July 1859 [Thomas Scard, Army, admitted to membership of the Royal College of Surgeons of England]
  • Shipping intelligence. Argus (Melbourne) 12 July 1865 [Dr. Scard surgeon superintendent on "Oceanica" from Liverpool] [see column 2]
  • Ryde. Sydney Morning Herald 14 November 1866 [Dr. Scard attends injured boy]
  • Ryde. Sydney Morning Herald 11 September 1867 [meeting at Dr. Scard's late residence]
  • Balmain [advertisement]. Sydney Morning Herald 15 July 1869 [Dr. Scard recovered health resuming practice]
  • New insolvents. Maitland Mercury 28 September 1869 [Thomas Scard, Balmain, surgeon]
  • Coroner's Court this day. Evening News (Sydney) 4 October 1871 [Dr. Thomas Scard died at home under chloroform during an operation, aged 37 native of Kew, wife Ellen of 12 years one child]
  • Deaths. Sydney Morning Herald 5 October 1871 [Thomas Scard Esq MD aged 37, son of Edward Scard Esq of Kew, surgeon...]
  • Death while under the influence of chloroform. Maitland Mercury 7 October 1871 [Dr. Scard died while being operated on]
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