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Interview with Dr John Thompson [sound recording]
Title : Interview with Dr John Thompson [sound recording] Interview with Dr John Thompson [sound recording]
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Creator : Thompson, John, Dr, 1914-
Source : State Library of South Australia Oral History Project OH 803
Place Of Creation : South Australia
Date of creation : 2006
Additional Creator : Stephenson, Sally
Format : Oral History
Contributor : State Library of South Australia
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Interview with Dr John Thompson who was a general practitioner in Port Augusta from 1940 to 1990.


The interview focuses on Dr Thompson's work as a doctor in Port Augusta and for the Royal Flying Doctor Service in outback South Australia from 1940 to 1980.

Dr Thompson was awarded an Order of Australia in 1997 for service to medicine and hospital administration through the Port Augusta hospital for over 35 years.
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Port Augusta (S. Aust)
Period : 1946-1979
Place : Port Augusta
Region : Flinders Ranges and Far North - Outback
Further reading :
Batstone, Kay, Outback heroes: 75 years of the Royal Flying Doctor Service, South Melbourne: Lothian: c2003
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