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McCOY Harold Alexander MB ChM DMRE FFR

1899 – 1966

Harold Alexander McCoy was born on 9th November 1899, in Glen Innes, NSW.  He was the son of William T and Rachel McCoy. McCoy studied medicine at the University of Sydney and graduated MB BS ad eundem gradum, from the University of Adelaide, in 1928. He married Ethel Moya Mackenzie, in North Sydney, NSW, on the 3rd December 1930.  They had two daughters Mardi Florence and Wendy Anne.  He joined a partnership with Bertram Speakman Hanson, on North Terrace, Adelaide specialised in X-Ray and radium.

McCoy enlisted in the AAMC, as a captain, on 13th December 1940. He was posted to 10 CCS as a medical radiologist. He had no previous military service. He named his wife as his next of kin and they were living in Carter Street, Thorngate, SA, at the time. He remained in service in Australia and was promoted to major on the 14th August 1942. According to his pay records he served until 2nd December 1944 and had no further military records.

McCoy returned to his practice on North Terrace on completion of his war service. He and his wife took a six-month tour of England and Europe in 1954.  Harold Alexander McCoy died on 24th October 1966 and is buried in the North Road Church of England cemetery at Nailsworth SA. His wife and two daughters survived him.

Source

Blood, Sweat and Fears III: Medical Practitioners South Australia, who Served in World War 2. 

Swain, Jelly, Verco, Summers. Open Books Howden, Adelaide 2019. 

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