Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1905-1947. (Creation)
Level of description
Collection
Extent and medium
1 box, 2 parcels, 3 albums.
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Sydney Fancourt McDonald was born in Brisbane in 1885. He was educated at Brisbane Boys Grammar School and the University of Melbourne. He enlisted in the Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC) in 1914 while undertaking residencies at hospitals in London and was mentioned in despatches for his work as an anaesthetist and radiographer. He returned to Brisbane after the war and became widely recognised for his work in clinical paediatrics both as a doctor and lecturer. From 1939-1945, he served in the RAAF as a Group Captain and Consulting Physician. He was a foundation fellow of the Royal Australian College of Physicians and the first paediatrician within the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Queensland. McDonald died in 1947.
Repository
Archival history
Collection previously titled as: Papers, 1905-1947
Collection alternatively titled as: Sydney Fancourt McDonald Collection.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Correspondence, diaries, personal papers, newspaper cuttings, photographs, glass negatives, motion picture film.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Unrestricted access.
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
- English
Script of material
Language and script notes
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Uploaded finding aid
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Notes area
Alternative identifier(s)
Alma MMS ID
Access points
Place access points
Name access points
- McDonald, Sydney Fancourt, 1885-1947 (Subject)
- Australia. Army. Australian Army Medical Corps (Subject)
Genre access points
Description control area
Description identifier
Institution identifier
Rules and/or conventions used
Status
Revised
Level of detail
Dates of creation revision deletion
Migrated from LMS: April 2019, P.A.