| Walter Balls-Headley |
| Family
Name: |
Balls-Headley |
Variant
Spellings: |
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| Given
Names: |
Walter |
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| DOB |
27 August 1842
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DOD |
7 March 1918 |
| Place
of Birth: |
Stapleford, Cambridgeshire, England
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Place
of Death: |
Miramichi, Proctor, British Columbia |
| Age
at Death: |
75
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| School:
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University:
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| Qualifications:
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MB Camb 1864
MS Camb 1865
MRCP London 1866
MD Camb 1868
MD Melb (aeg) 1876
FRCP London 1888
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Speciality:
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Obstetrics and Gynaecology |
| Other
Occupations: |
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| Spouse:
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Helen Elizabeth Mary Young |
| Children: |
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| Voyages:
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Unknown voyage to Melbourne 1868
"Alexandra" dep. Melbourne for Sydney 26 October 1868
"Yarra Yarra" from Sydney arr. Brisbane 9 November 1868
"Governor Blackall" from Brisbane arr. Sydney 11 October 1875
"Alexandra" from Sydney arr. Melbourne 25 October 1875
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| Came
out as: |
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| Date
Settled Aus: |
by 1869
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Date
of Departure: |
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| First
Registered: |
1869 Qld No. 89
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Off
Register: |
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| Addresses:
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England
Warwick, Qld 1868-1875 (Examiner, Medical Register etc)
Melbourne, Vic 1875-1907 (shipping record, ADB)
London, England 1907 (ADB)
Bideford, Devon, England (ADB)
Miramichi, Proctor, British Columbia 1913-1918 (ADB) |
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| Positions
Held: |
Obstetric Physician and Accoucheur St. Bartholomew's Hospital
Physician Great Ormond Street Hospital
Physician Warwick Hospital
Consultant Physician Alfred Hospital, Melbourne
Consultant Physician Women's Hospital, Melbourne
Lecturer in Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Melbourne
President Medical Society of Victoria 1889 |
| Publications:
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Seven consecutive cases of laparotomy. Lancet 1887;130:108-10, 1056-9
BAMHS (see refs) lists 19 publications |
| Notes:
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Medinilla balls-headleyi named after him
Performed first successful caesarean section in Melbourne
Prominent in Freemasonry |
| Acknowledgments:
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This record was updated with information supplied by Lisa Burton of Tannum Sands, Qld in January 2004; and in July 2005 with information supplied by Gillian Arnot Smith of Qld |
| References: |
Australian Dictionary of Biography
List of medical practitioners. Queensland Government Gazette 3 January 1874 [Walter Balls-Headley registered 19 January 1869 Warwick MB 1864 MS 1865 MD Camb1868 MRC 1866]
Register of medical practitioners for 1877. Victoria Government Gazette 26 January 1877 [registered 3 December 1875 Melbourne ChM 1865 MD 1868 etc]
Medical register. General Council of Medical Education and Registration UK 1868 [registered 1863 London MB 1865 MS 1865 MRCP 1866]
Medical register. General Council of Medical Education and Registration UK 1866 [as Balls, registered 1863 London MB 1865 MS 1865 Camb]
Pearn J. Medicine and botany. Brisbane, 1990
Pearn J. Forced emigration, favourable outcomes. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health 2001;25(5):458-63
Pearn J. Doctor in the garden. Brisbane, 2001
Burton L. Index to deaths and burials, Maryland, NSW 1856-1900
Smith J. Cyclopedia of Victoria, 1903
Bibliography of Australian medicine and health services to 1950. Canberra, 1988
Shipping intelligence. Argus (Melbourne) 27 October 1868 [Mr and Mrs Headley and Mrs Headley senior on "Alexandra" for Sydney] [is this him?]
Shipping intelligence. Queensland Times 10 November 1868 [Mrs Headley, Mrs Headley jun, Dr. Headley on "Yarra Yarra" from Sydney]
Walter Balls-Headley [advertisement]. Warwick Examiner 21 November 1868 [MA MD MC St. Peter's College Cambridge at Warwick]
Shipping. Sydney Morning Herald 12 October 1875 [Dr and Mrs Ball-Headley (sic) on "Governor Blackall" from Brisbane]
Shipping intelligence. Argus (Melbourne) 26 October 1875 [Mrs Balls Headley and Dr Balls Headley on "Alexandra" from Sydney] |
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| Image 1: |
Dr. Walter Balls-Headley (Cyclopedia of Victoria) |
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last updated 31-05-2019
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