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Fiaschi, Thomas Henry (1853–1927)

	Fiaschi, Thomas Henry (1853–1927)
Born	31 May, 1853 Florence , Tuscany , Italy
Died	17 April, 1927 (aged 73) Darling Point, Sydney , New South Wales , Australia
Cultural Heritage	English Italian
Religious Influence	Anglican
Related Entries [View as tree]	Fiaschi, Piero Francis (son) McCarthy, Dudley (son-in-law) Rubbo, Antonio Salvatore Dattilo (artist) Pratt, Rachel (subordinate officer) Garnsey, Charles Frederick (patient)
Occupation*	surgeon (1874-1927) New South Wales, Australia contemporary-affairs commentator (1890-1927) New South Wales, Australia colonial militia (Australia) (1891-1900) New South Wales, Australia army medical officer (1901-1921) Federal, Australia wine industry leader (1902-1927) New South Wales, Australia winemaker (1902-1927) New South Wales, Australia
Military Service*	Boer War (army doctor) World War I (army doctor, Italian forces) New South Wales Lancers (honorary surgeon, 1891-1900) New South Wales 1st Field Hospital (commander, 1898-1901) 3rd Australian General Hospital (commander, 1915-1915)
Awards	Knight of the Order of St Maurice and St Lazarus (Italy) (recipient, 1896) Officer of the Order of the Crown of Italy (recipient, 1896) Distinguished Service Order (recipient, 1901)
Key Organisations*	Australasian Trained Nurses' Association (president) Australian Medical Association (NSW) (president) Royal Agricultural Society of New South Wales (concillor) Royal Society of New South Wales (member, ?-1927) Australian Wine Producers' Association of New South Wales (president, 1920-1927)
Key Places*	Tizzana vineyard (NSW) (owner, ?-1927) Palmer goldfields (Qld) (goldminer and doctor, 1875-1875)
Workplaces*	Sydney Hospital (honorary surgeon, 1894)

* Dates are approximate