William Williams (surgeon)
Sir William Daniel Campbell Williams KCMG CB KStJ (30 July 1856 – 10 May 1919) was an Australian surgeon. He was surgeon general and Knight of Grace of the Order of St John of Jerusalem.
Williams was born in Sydney. He studied medicine at University College (M.R.C.S., 1879; L.R.C.P., 1880). In 1883, he was staff surgeon of the New South Wales Artillery at the rank of captain.
He reorganized the medical service in 1888 including to start the Permanent Medical Staff Corps. There he designed light ambulance wagons, which attracted notability in the Sudan and which were more advanced than those in the British Royal Army.
Williams was promoted surgeon general and made a Companion of the Order of the Bath in January 1901.
He served in the Australian Army Medical Corps in World War I, for which he was made a Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George in the 1916 Birthday Honours.
References
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