Robert Fowler (5 March 1888 – 8 May 1965) was an Australian surgeon and soldier.

Family

The son, and eldest of the four children of the surgeon Walter Fowler (1857-1917), and Alice Maud Fowler (1862-1946), née Wacher, Robert Fowler was born at East Smithfield, London, England on 5 March 1888. He married Elsie Walsh (1891-1975), in Egypt, on 12 January 1915.

Education

Having won a scholarship to do so, he attended

Caulfield Grammar School Caulfield Grammar School is an Independent school, independent, co-educational, Anglican Church of Australia, Anglican, International Baccalaureate, day school, day and boarding school, located in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Founded in 1881 as ...

for three years: 1900–1902.

Military service

He served in World War I with the Australian Mounted Division, obtaining the rank of Colonel.

Medical practitioner

In civilian life he practiced at The Alfred Hospital, Melbourne; represented the Victoria Branch of the

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; was an advocate of the 'Airway Ambulance' (forerunner to the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia); served on the staff of the Governor-General Sir Isaac Isaacs; researched the use of the Radium Ray for cancer treatment; and pioneered the linkage between smoking and lung cancer.

Death

He died, in Toorak, Melbourne, on 8 May 1965.Robert Fowler, at ''Find a Grave".
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Notes

References

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Combined World War One and World War Two Service Record: Robert Fowler (WWI: no service number; WWII: VX111272), ''National Archives of Australia''.

Second World War Nominal Roll: Colonel Robert Fowler (VX111272/V146682), ''Department of Veterans' Affairs''.

Howie-Wills, "Malariology in Australia between the First and Second World Wars (Part 2 of ‘Pioneers of Australian Military Malariology’)", ''Journal of Military and Veterans’ Health'', Vol.24, No.2, (April 2016), pp.28-39.

External links

Australian Dictionary of Biography
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