John Ochiltree Lavarack

1914 - 1998  (83 years)

• Name	John Ochiltree Lavarack
  Birth	14 March 1914	Camberly, Surrey, England
  Gender	Male
  Death	14 January 1998
  Notes	he was born 14 March 1914 in Camberly, ENG and died 14 Jan 1998 Surname Given Name District Volume Page Births Jun 1914 LAVARACK John O Farnham 2a 233 (mother's maiden name Ochiltree) The district Farnham spans the boundaries of the counties of Hampshire, Surrey and Sussex http://www.ww2roll.gov.au/script/name.asp#summary1 Name Service Number Date of Birth Place of Birth Service LAVARACK, JOHN OCHILTREE VX14706 14 Mar 1914 CAMBERLY, ENGLAND Army Service Record Name LAVARACK, JOHN OCHILTREE Service Australian Army Service Number VX14706 Date of Birth 14 Mar 1914 Place of Birth CAMBERLY, ENGLAND Date of Enlistment 10 May 1940 Locality on Enlistment KOOYONG, VIC Place of Enlistment CAULFIELD, VIC Next of Kin LAVARACK, J Date of Discharge 10 May 1946 Rank Major Posting at Discharge 107 AUSTRALIAN GENERAL HOSPITAL WW2 Honours and Gallantry None for display Prisoner of War No ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.anatomy.unimelb.edu.au/students/prizes.html Lavarack Prize for Developmental Biology Who was Dr JO Lavarack John Ochiltree Lavarack was born in 1914 and graduated MBBS from the University of Melbourne in 1938. In 1939 he became a Resident Medical Officer at the Alfred Hospital and in 1940 he joined the armed forces, reaching the rank of Major as a Specialist Pathologist. In 1947, accepted an appointment in the Department of Pathology at the University of Melbourne and then with the Department of Anatomy in 1949. He worked with Sir Sydney Sunderland on peripheral nerve injury. He is remembered for his teaching in embryology, where his fine blackboard drawings were famous for aiding his clear explanations of a complex subject. In 1953 he was awarded a CJ Martin Fellowship from the NH&MRC and worked at King's College in London. He completed his PhD in 1953 and was appointed Reader in 1956. He died in 1998. Winning the Prize The Lavarack prize is awarded to the highest achieving student in 516 306, Developmental Neurobiology, in the year of the award. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.awm.gov.au/honours/honours/person.asp?p=VX14706 Honours and awards (gazetted) John Ochiltree Lavarack John Ochiltree Lavarack was awarded the following honours: Mention in Despatches More information about a Mention in Despatches Service Number VX14706 Service Army Rank Temporary Major Unit 2/5th Fd Amb Conflict WW2 Date of London Gazette 28 May 1943, page 2374, position 20 Date of Commonwealth of Australia Gazette 3 June 1943, page 1150, position 56 ================================================================================= http://www.scotch.vic.edu.au/gscot/GSSep98/p36obit.htm Scotch College Great Scot September 1998 Obituaries John LAVARACK ('32) =================================================================================
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  Last Modified	28 July 2007

  
  

  Father	John Dudley (Sir) Lavarack,   b. 19 December 1885, Kangaroo Point, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia d. 4 December 1957, Buderim, Queensland, Australia (Age 71 years)
  Mother	Sybil Nevett Ochiltree,   b. 1889, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia d. 24 December 1974, Buderim, Queensland, Australia (Age 85 years)
  Marriage	10 October 1912	Anglican Church of St George the Martyr, Queenscliff, Victoria, Australia
  Notes	On 10 October 1912 at St George's Anglican Church, Queenscliff, Captain Lavarack married Sybil Nevett Ochiltree Surname: LAVARACK Given Names: Jno Dudley Event: M Spouse Surname: OCHILTREE Spouse Gvn Names: Sybil Nevett Birth Place: BRISBANE QLD Year: 1912 Reg. Number: 9197
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