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Alan Sinclair Darvall Barton
(1886–1950) Biographical Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons 1928 Distinguished Service Order 1918 (UK) Major 1916 Captain Australian Army Medical Corps 1914 A medical practitioner, Barton was educated at All Saints' College, Bathurst, and the University of Sydney, before beginning his hospital career in Sydney and later entering private practice in rural New South Wales. With the outbreak of the First World War he enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force and served in Egypt, at Gallipoli and on the Western Front, working primarily in casualty clearing stations close to the front where he gained a strong reputation as a surgeon under extreme conditions. He was present during major battles including Fromelles and Messines, dealt with large numbers of gas and gangrene cases, and was mentioned in dispatches several times for his service. His wartime experience culminated in duty during the final assaults on the Hindenburg Line, after which he returned to Australia in 1919. That year he published a paper on his work in Allied casualty clearing stations, drawing attention to new techniques for wound closure and to the use of gas and oxygen as anaesthetics. He subsequently established a long and successful private practice in Singleton before retiring to Gosford in 1946. Place of birth: Bathurst, NSW Place of marriage: St Philip's Anglican Church, Sydney Son of Robert Barton and Fanny Smith, he married Dorothy Duffy in 1919, and had issue: • Mary Darvall, *1920, married to Charles Hickson • Robert Darvall, *1921, married to Jean Louden, with issue • Mary, *1946; • Elizabeth Darvall, 1923–78, married to Anthony Greatrex • Nora Darvall, *1930, married to Donald Crossing, †1951 |
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