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Life Summary

Name	George Garrett Burniston
Born	23 November, 1914 Campsie, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died	27 June, 1992 (aged 77) Bangkok, Thailand
Cause of Death	unknown
Religious Influence	Anglican Includes the religion in which subjects were raised, have chosen themselves, attendance at religious schools and/or religious funeral rites; Atheism and Agnosticism have been included.
Education *	Summer Hill Intermediate High (Sydney) (student, 1927-1929) Sydney Boys' High School (student, 1930-1932) University of Sydney (student, 1933-1938)
Occupation or Descriptor *	air force medical officer (1940-1947) Federal, Australia rehabilitation medicine specialist (1940-1992) New South Wales, Australia public servant (1946-1962) Federal, Australia academic (1963-1979) New South Wales, Australia medical administrator (1963-1979) New South Wales, Australia
Military Service *	World War II (air force medical officer)
Awards	Fulbright fellow (recipient, 1953) Officer of the Order of the British Empire (recipient, 1968) Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (recipient, 1972)
Legacies *	George Burnistion Oration (Australasian Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine) (eponym)
Key Organisations *	Australian Association of Occupational Therapists (NSW) (president, 1963-1969) Royal Australian College of Medical Administrators (fellow, 1968-1992) Royal Society of Health (fellow, 1973-1992) Royal Australasian College of Physicians (fellow, 1978-1992) Australasian Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine (president, 1980-1982) Royal Australian College of Rehabilitative Medicine (fellow, 1980)
Workplaces *	Hornsby Hospital (NSW) (doctor, 1933-1940) Dept of Post-War Reconstruction (Federal) (public servant, 1946-1950) Dept of Social Services (Federal) (public servant, 1950-1962) Prince Henry Hospital (Sydney) (administrator, 1963-1979) Prince of Wales Hospital (Sydney) (administrator, 1963-1979) University of New South Wales (medicine) (academic, 1963-1979)

* Dates are approximate