Arthur Murray Cudmore

Arthur Murray Cudmore was born at ‘Paringa,’ second son of James Cudmore, on his family's sheep station on the River Murray near Renmark. He was educated at St Peter’s College and the University of Adelaide where he graduated MB BS in 1894.

He then travelled to London where he took the MRCS-LRCP in 1896 and trained in surgery at The London Hospital and at St Mark's Hospital for diseases of the rectum. He obtained the FRCS in 1899 before returning to Adelaide where he was appointed Honorary Assistant Surgeon in 1901 and Honorary Surgeon from 1905-1925 when his 20 year appointment expired.

He was lecturer in Clinical Surgery at the University of Adelaide from 1908-1919. He married Kathleen Cavenagh-Mainwaring in 1901 and they had two daughters.

Cudmore, aged 44 years joined the reinforcements for 3 AGH in April 1915. He embarked for the Middle East on the RMS Mooltan on 15th May1915. He served at Gallipoli and on Lemnos before contracting paratyphoid in December 1915. He was admitted with the diagnosis of paratyphoid, emphysema and myocardial insufficiency. He returned to South Australia where he was discharged  permanently unfit for service. Notwithstanding this he was consulting surgeon to 4 MD at Keswick and, mid 1918, returned overseas in the rank of lieutenant colonel and served in Great Britain and France before returning to Adelaide and was discharged in mid-1919.

Cudmore returned to surgical practice. He was a significant contributor to founding of the Dental School at the University of Adelaide and was Dean of the Dental Faculty and President of the Dental Board of SA. He appointed CMG in 1935 and knighted in 1945. Sir Arthur Murray Cudmore died on 27 February 1951 and his wife passed away on the 8 March 1951.

Taken from Virtual War Memorial Australia - https://vwma.org.au/explore/people/239757.  Profile image also from VWMA, courtesy of Faithe Jones