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John (2) Harris
Family Name:	Harris	Variant Spellings:
Given Names:	John (2)
DOB	1849	DOD	17 April 1923
Place of Birth:	County Wexford, Ireland	Place of Death:	Newcastle, NSW
Age at Death:	74
School:		University:
Qualifications:	MB Aberdeen 1875 ChM Aberdeen 1875 LRCP Edinburgh 1875 LRCS Edinburgh 1875 MD Aberdeen 1883	Speciality:	Military surgeon
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Spouse:	Jane d. 1932 aged 82 years
Children:	See notes
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Date Settled Aus:		Date of Departure:
First Registered:	1875 NSW	Off Register:
Addresses:	Newcastle, NSW 1875 (Medical Register)
Positions Held:	Honorary Surgeon Newcastle Hospital (Ford) Examining Doctor, Colliery Proprietors' Association (Gibbney and Smith) Surgeon to Permanent Artillery Forces Government MO Police Surgeon Member of Newcastle City Council
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Notes:	After arriving in Australia aged two, settled at O'Connell near Bathurst, NSW His obituary in the SMH notes that he was survived by five sons - Mathew, John, Harry, Hubert and Terrence - all of whom were doctors There were four daughters, including May, who was also a doctor Correspondence Mitchell Library
Acknowledgments:	Additional information from Margaret Szalay, Launceston, Tas, November 2003; and from Don Fearon in September 2013
References:	New South Wales Medical Board. Register of Medical Practitioners for 1876 [registered 1875 Newcastle MB ChM Aberdeen 1875 LRCP LRCS Ed 1875] Obituary. Sydney Morning Herald 24 April 1923 Obituary. Medical Journal of Australia 1923; i: 540 Ford E. Bibliography of Australian Medicine 1790-1900. Sydney : Sydney University Press, 1976 Gibbney HJ, Smith AG. Biographical register 1788-1939. Canberra : Australian Dictionary of Biography, 1987 Tombstone, Sandgate Cemetery, Newcastle NSW [his wife Jane died 12 January 1932 aged 82 years]
Portraits:	Portrait Mitchell Library, Sydney
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	last updated 29-09-2013