Historical information

Alfred Fay Maclure (1883-1956) was a welltrained 75 known surgeon at the Alfred Hospital. His association with the Alfred began in 1908 when he became house surgeon to Hamilton Rusell. During World War I, he served with the Australian Army at Lemnos, Egypt and France, he was mentioned twice in despatches and awarded the O.B.E. Mr Maclure also spent six months working at the special plastic surgery centre at Sidcup, England. After the war he returned to work at the Alfred, and was subdean of the medical school during the 1920's. Mr Maclure had been due to retire in 1943, but he stayed on as an Honourary Surgeon until 1943 when he suffered a cereco-vascular accident. Mr Maclure trained 75 house surgeons during the 25 years he was an inpatient surgeon at the Alfred. The biography origionally appeared in the Alfred Hospital Clinical Reports, Vol 12, 1964

Significance

Provides information about a noted Alfred Hospital identity

Physical description

Illustrated booklet, staples have ben removed. Black print on whtie background. In the centre of the cover page is the logo of the Alfred Hospital, above this is information about original publication, below is the title and author. Handwritten at top right is the previous catalogue number [black ink]

Inscriptions & markings

Handwritten at top right of the cover page is the previous catalogue number [black ink]