Vickers, Allan, 1901-1967.

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From 1931 to 1934 Vickers was the Aerial Service doctor at Cloncurry, the fifth of John Flynn's flying doctors. From 1934 to 1939 he worked for the State Government in Western Australia and established a flying doctor base at Port Hedland in 1935. From 1943, after army service in Perth, he ran Queensland's second F.D.S. base at Charleville. In 1955, after an attempt to start a British Empire Flying Doctor Service, he became suprintendent of the Queensland Section of F.D.S., retiring in 1966.

From the description of Papers [manuscript]. 1930-1967. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225826324

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creatorOf Vickers, Allan, 1901-1967. Papers [manuscript]. Libraries Australia
referencedIn Dawson, Len, Dr. Papers of Len Dawson, 1929-1996. Libraries Australia
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associatedWith Flynn, John, 1880-1951. person
associatedWith Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia. corporateBody
associatedWith Simpson, George. person
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Aeronautics in medicine
Physicians
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Doctors
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Birth 1901

Death 1967

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