Frank Douglas Stephens AO, DSO (10 October 1913 - 10 December 2011) was an Australian surgeon. He was born in

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on 10 October 1913. His father was

Henry Douglas Stephens Henry Douglas Stephens (26 June 1877 – 17 June 1952) was an Australian paediatric surgeon. He was born in Williamstown, Melbourne to John Charles Stephens, a newspaper owner, and his wife Kate. He was dux of Camberwell Grammar School and gradu ...

and his mother Eileen Cole. Educated at the

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he specialized in surgery, particularly with regard to congenital malformations of the uro-genital tract. He served in the

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during

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in the

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and was awarded a

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in 1942. He was discharged in 1945 as a

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. After the war he moved into

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surgery and worked mostly at the

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in Melbourne. He has received numerous awards for his pioneering surgical techniques, including the Sir Denis Browne Gold Medal from the

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in 1976, the Urology Medal Award of the

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(1986) and was made an

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in 1987.It's an Honour
- Officer of the Order of Australia He has written several books related to ano-rectal abnormalities in children. He was married with two sons and a daughter.

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Australian War Memorial - DSO
1913 births 2011 deaths Officers of the Order of Australia Companions of the Distinguished Service Order Australian Army personnel of World War II Royal Australian Army Medical Corps officers People educated at Trinity College (University of Melbourne) Military personnel from Melbourne Medical doctors from Melbourne 20th-century Australian surgeons Recipients of the Denis Browne Gold Medal {{med-bio-stub