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| George Cooke Attfield |
| Family
Name: |
Attfield |
Variant
Spellings: |
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| Given
Names: |
George Cooke |
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| DOB |
27 January 1826
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DOD |
16 January 1925 |
| Place
of Birth: |
Bath, England
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Place
of Death: |
Brighton, England |
| Age
at Death: |
98
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| School:
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University:
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| Qualifications:
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MRCS 1850
LSA 1852
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Speciality:
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| Spouse:
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Alice Maude Roe m.1863 |
| Children: |
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| Voyages:
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"Dolphin" from London arr. Fremantle 6 November 1857
"Rob Roy" dep. Fremantle for Albany 14 February 1879
"Otway" from Albany arr. Melbourne 23 February 1879
Unknown voyage from Melbourne to Sydney
"City of New York" dep. Sydney for San Francisco 3 May 1879
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| Came
out as: |
Passenger
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| Date
Settled Aus: |
1857
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Date
of Departure: |
1879 |
| First
Registered: |
1870 WA
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Off
Register: |
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| Addresses:
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Bath, England 1850 (MRCS Lists)
Millbank, London, England 1852-1856 approx. (Western Australian 1923)
Fremantle, WA 1857-1879
England 1880 onwards
Hove, Sussex, England 1923 (Western Australian) |
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| Positions
Held: |
Imperial Surgeon, Fremantle Convict Establishment(Erickson)
Superintendent Fremantle Lunatic Asylum (Stubbe) |
| Publications:
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Attfield's journal, Fremantle Lunatic Asylum c1858 |
| Notes:
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His wife was the daughter of J.S. Roe, Surgeon General
Assuming the BMJ obituary is correct regarding his dates of birth and death, some of the other published sources are incorrect |
| Acknowledgments:
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| References: |
List of registered medical practitioners. Western Australian Government Gazette 3 May 1870 [George Cooke Attfield, Surgeon Fremantle Prison, MRCSE 1850 LSA 1852]
Medical register. General Council of Medical Education and Registration UK 1868 [George Cooke Attfield, registered 6 December 1860 Fremantle MRCS 1850]
Medical Directory (UK) 1873
Erickson R. Bicentennial dictionary of Western Australians. Nedlands, W.A, 1987-8
Medical register. General Council of Medical Education and Registration UK 1868 [George Cooke Attfield, registered 6 December 1860 Fremantle MRCS 1850]
Medical Society of Victoria archives file held at Brownless Medical Library, University of Melbourne
Stubbe JH. Medical background : being a history of Fremantle hospitals and doctors. University of Western Australia Press, 1969
Shipping intelligence. Perth Gazette 16 October 1857 [passengers on "Dolphin" from London include Mr. Attfield, Surgeon of the Convict Establishment]
Shipping intelligence. Inquirer and Commercial News (Perth) 18 November 1857 [Mr Atfield on "Dolphin" from London]
Shipping report. Herald (Fremantle) 15 February 1879 [G. C. Attfield on "Rob Roy" for Albany]
Shipping. Age (Melbourne) 25 February 1879 [Dr. G. C. Attfield on "Otway" from King George's Sound]
Shipping. Sydney Mail 3 May 1879 [G. C. Attfield on RMS "City of New York" for San Francisco]
Doctor of 98. West Australian 27 August 1923 [b. 27 January 1825, MO Millbank Prison; WA until 1879]
Obituary. British Medical Journal 31 January 1925 [b. Bath 27 January 1826 d. 16 January] |
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