Sunday, March 2, 2014

O'Leary, Elystan Glodrydd Evelyn (1912)

updated March 2, 2014

d. November 8, 1942, Newtonmore, Inverness-shire, Scotland. MRCS, LRCP (Lond.) 1894; FRCS (Edin.) 1907. RN, Surgeon May 18, 1896; Fleet-Surgeon; HMS Sutlej 1908; Sicily, Italy 1908. Messina Earthquake December 28, 1908, first naval surgeon ashore to attend to the sufferers, continued for three days and three nights without cessation, afterward decorated by King Humbert of Italy, made Ufficiale dell'Ordine dei Santi Maurizio e Lazzaro; Surgeon-Commander May 13, 1912; Hong Kong 1912; Officer qualified as interpreter 1913 [language(s) unspecified]; the Great War.

HONG KONG 1912. Acting Assistant Superintendent, Government Civil Hospital [n.d.] - August 8, 1912.

Siblings: 1. Dr. Arthur Price Evelyn O'Leary (LRCP (Lond.) 1889; Glenelg, Scotland 1913).

Selected bibliography: The British Medical Journal, December 26, 1942, p.770. Hong Kong Government, Medical and Sanitary Reports for the Year 1912. The London Gazette, May 15, 1896, p.2923; April 16, 1912, p.2702; May 14, 1912, p.3477. Navy List, May 1913. North East Medals › Messina Earthquake Awards [internet]. The Register (Adelaide) May 3, 1913, p.14.

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