Charles Vincent MacKay
FRACP
Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians, abbreviated as the post-nominal initials FRACP, is a recognition of the completion of the prescribed postgraduate specialist training programme in internal adult or internal paediatric medici ...
(3 May 1880 – 26 April 1953) was a noted Australian medical specialist and an
Australian rules footballer who played with
Melbourne
Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/ Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a me ...
in the
Victorian Football League
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(VFL).
Family
The son of Donald MacKay (1849–1934), and Eleanor (a.k.a. "Helen") MacKay (1855–1930), née Vincent, Charles Vincent MacKay was born at
Woods Point, Victoria
Woods Point is a small town in Victoria, Australia and is located on the banks of the Goulburn River. At the , Woods Point and the surrounding area had a population of 37, down from 94 in 2006.
History
The town began as a general store built ...
on 3 May 1880.
He married Rose Nita née Collins, née Mackay (1890–1973) in
Marylebone, London, England
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An ancient parish and latterly a metropolitan borough, it merg ...
in 1927.
Football
Charles MacKay played VFL football while studying Medicine at Trinity College.
Medicine
He graduated in medicine from the University of Melbourne at the end of 1905.
Following his graduation, MacKay worked in several Melbourne hospitals, completing a
Doctorate of Medicine by Thesis in 1910, and taking the role of medical superintendent of the Melbourne Hospital in 1911.
Military service
At the outbreak of World War I, MacKay joined the Royal Army Medical Corps in England, where he was twice Mentioned in Despatches. Promoted to lieutenant-colonel, he took command of the No 80 General Hospital in
Salonika
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during the latter stages of the war.
Post-war Medicine
MacKay remained in England for several years following the war; and, after returning to Australia, he served as medical assistant to the director of the Australian Institute of Anatomy, Canberra, in 1936, and as Acting Director in 1937.
MacKay was appointed as director of the Anti-Cancer Council of Victoria in 1939.
During World War II he was wartime executive medical officer of the Medical Equipment Control Committee, and after the war he joined the Cancer Institute as a secretary and later served as its executive medical officer.
Death
He died at his residence on 26 April 1953.
Deaths; MacKay, ''The Age'', Wednesday, 29 April 1953), p.13.
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External links
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Charlie MacKay
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1880 births
1953 deaths
Australian rules footballers from Victoria (Australia)
Melbourne Football Club players
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