Dr Carol Glover
EDWARD (‘Ted’) Thomas McKenzie (1928-2012) put his life on the line for his country, quite literally, when he enlisted to help defend from further incursions by North Korean and Chinese forces, the 38th parallel that to this day divides North and South Korea.
He had already served in the Citizens’ Military Forces at Sale from 1948 to 1951.
But one February day in 1952 while working at the Yallourn open cut as a machine operator, Ted decided to go to Melbourne with his good mate Ron Newton and join the regular army.
Their Sale friend and Yallourn work mate, Johnny Hunt, had recently joined, so they agreed, “well, we might as well join the bloody army too”.
Alexander Dixon Blaw was a veteran of World War II. Photo: Jim Nicholls
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MEMBERS of the Laidley RSL Sub Branch joined with family and friends on April 7 to farewell Alexander (Alex) Dixon Blaw. A veteran of the Second World War, Mr Blaw saw active service in New Guinea in 1943 and, while still a member of the Australian Imperial Force, served with the British Commonwealth Occupation Force in Japan until January 1947. He was born on May 5, 1924 at home in St Lucia, Brisbane.
His family moved house several times around the northern suburbs before purchasing a home in Windsor.
The doctors are back in charge. Hereâs why.
Not so long ago, we believed the era of infectious diseases was over. After a brutal reality check, a medical doctor now runs the federal health department, and a national centre for disease control is being considered.
Professor Brendan Murphy, then chief medical officer, rear, and Health Minister Greg Hunt in the early days of the pandemic. Â
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Making public health predictions is a risky business. Fifty years ago, public health officials around the world, including in Australia, declared the era of infectious diseases was over.
Why? Because there was an abundance of antibiotics and of vaccine programs and it looked like communicable diseases would become a thing of the past.
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