Date of Birth: 15/06/1897
Place of Birth: Rockdale, New South Wales, Australia
Date of Death: 03/12/1956
Place of Death: Summer Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Qualifications, occupations and interests
Medical Practitioner. Educated at Kogarah Public School, Sydney High School and University of Sydney., MB, ChM 1920, resident of Sydney Hospital 1920, Kogarah District Hospital 1921, in general practice at Newcastle 1922 - 1925, at Ashfield 1925 - 1939, as a specialist rheumatologist from 1939; honorary rheumatologist at Royal South Sydney Hospital and Balmain District Hospital; served with Royal Australian Army Medical Corps 1941 - 1943, New South Wales and Western Australia, major; awarded the gold medal for Hunterian Society; Great Britain; 1936, the Sir Charles Hastings Clinical Prize in 1939 and the Sir Richard Stawell prize in 1951; foundation president of Australian Rheumatism Association; executive member of St John Ambulance Association; Freemason; foundation president of Sydney Bible Training Institute 1942 - 1956.
Personal
Son of William Parr, draper, and Mary Ann Cook. Married Lucretia Evelyn Matthews on 13 December 1924 and had issue, 2 daughters. Baptist. Funeral at Northern Suburbs cemetery from Ashfield Baptist Church.
