physician colonel sir april august australian soldier academic physician played important role anti malaria campaign second world war medicine australia war best known war ford wrote thesis malaria control awarded doctor medicine degree director professor concurrently holding positions retirement education early life edward ford born victoria april son wife née armstrong job leaving telegraph boy joined april later working accounts branch age enrolled arts course soon switched medicine supported continuing work night graduated bachelor surgery degrees residency ford lecturer anatomy university senior lecturer anatomy met shared encouraged passion books ford later australian medicine jones ford interested physical later tropical medicine moved sydney lecturer obtained graduate diploma year travelled conducted study sexually transmitted disease people administration returned australia darwin military career june early months second world war ford volunteered service commissioned major receiving service number march sent middle_east commanding officer 1st soon engaged diagnosis variety hitherto uncertain diseases july ford unit moved syria attached 3rd casualty clearing station providing capabilities larger general hospital available ford returned australia march promoted lieutenant colonel august appointed assistant director corps combat danger ford available supplies australia shipped new_guinea australian forces fighting desperate campaign japanese new drug tested middle_east found effective initial dose followed hourly intervals found rapidly relieve symptoms permit travel new_guinea numerous tropical diseases posed threat health fitness troops fighting biggest medical problem malaria december ford took case commander chief commander general sir ford hour history dangers malaria needed said think understand colonel ford don things troops suffer trying tell sir ford replied don things won bloody troops suffer liked officers spoke like effect soon felt night appearance growing labour force clearing hitherto obscure delays supplies provision special officer speed vital items destination emphasis laid personal responsibility ranks brought welcome changes great importance recognition principle patients suffering malaria far possible retained treatment new_guinea sent australia wrote article malaria newspaper men proper precautions malaria worst enemy new_guinea wrote bite gradually epidemic disease began drop ford mentioned despatches distinguished services march ford appointed melbourne charged responsibility army overall effort malaria march director promoted colonel services officer order british empire military division july skill energy initiative high order transferred june war served time director war ford wrote thesis malaria control awarded doctor medicine degree received fellowship allowed study gained distinction ford director professor concurrently holding positions retirement addition dean faculty medicine fellow senate acting vice chancellor november march involved establishment medical school member council wartime army service recognised appointment fellow later served vice president fellow london london london honorary fellow january created knight bachelor awarded medal granted honorary doctor letters ford collected books curator library death donated items library today books collection found libraries ford library named honour published australian medicine ben predicted work reason ford permanently recalled study historiography australian medicine ford married died home new_south_wales august cremated papers mitchell library sydney found sydney
Edward Ford (physician)