Practice plate for Dr Howard Boyd Graham (1897-1984)

Maker
C G Roeszler & Son Pty Ltd (estab. 1869)
Date
Circa 1930
Description
Brass building plate for Dr. Howard Boyd Graham which reads, "Dr. H. BOYD GRAHAM M.D., B.S." Brass plate with black ceramic letter.

Graham graduated as a medical practitioner in 1915. He enlisted in the British Royal Army Medical Corps on 12 May 1915. He won a Distinguished Service Order on 18 January 1918 and a Military Cross on 26 July 1918. Boyd was a Lieutenant-Colonel in the Australian Army Medical Corps in World War II.

Graham became resident at Melbourne Hospital, and for about 18 months before 1923 was resident medical officer and assistant pathologist at Children’s Hospital, where, in 1923, he became its inaugural medical superintendent.
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Object detail

Date
Medium
brass and enamels
Measurements
20.4 x 38.1 cm
Accession Number
MHM04017
Credit line
Gift of AMA Victoria, 2011
Inscriptions
name/inscriptions ▫ in enamel: 'DR.H.BOYD GRAHAM/M.D.,B.S.'
maker's mark ▫ engraved along base: 'C.G. ROESZLER & SON, PTY LTD 264 LIT COL ST'
Object Type
Named Collection
Medical History Museum Category

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