Rupert Downes
Australian general, surgeon and historian (1885-1945) · Australia · On the map · Doctors · Died at 60
Major General Rupert Major Downes was an Australian soldier, surgeon and historian.
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1945Died5 March 19451927Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of SurgeonsAward1919Mentioned in DespatchesAward1918Companion of the Order of St Michael and St GeorgeAward1916Mentioned in DespatchesAward1885Born10 February 1885
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![Tom Roberts's The Big Picture painting of the opening of the first parliament in 1901. Downes is in the white helmet, behind the Duke of Cornwall and York's legs.[5]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/Opening_of_the_first_parliament.jpg/500px-Opening_of_the_first_parliament.jpg)
Tom Roberts's The Big Picture painting of the opening of the first parliament in 1901. Downes is in the white helmet, behind the Duke of Cornwall and York's legs.[5]
Lieutenant General Sir Harry Chauvel (front and centre) with his Desert Mounted Corps Headquarters. Downes is immediately behind and to the right of Chauvel
Army Medical officers participate in a training exercise in the southern highlands of New South Wales in April 1936. Downes is front row, third from the left.
Major General Colin Simpson, General Sir Thomas Blamey and Lieutenant General Sir Leslie Morshead pay their respects at the military funeral service for Major Generals Alan Vasey and Downes in Cairns.Awards
About this person
Country
Australia
Category
Doctors
Type
Doctor
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1885 to 1945 · aged 60
The same award as Rupert
Guan Bee OngBoth received Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
Ned AbrahamBoth received Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of SurgeonsBrian Barratt-BoyesBoth received Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
John RamsayBoth received Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
Lilian Violet CooperBoth received Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of SurgeonsVictor Warren FazioBoth received Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
Ned AbrahamBoth received Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of SurgeonsBrian Barratt-BoyesBoth received Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of SurgeonsJohn RamsayBoth received Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons