ARGYLE, Stanley Seymour
| Service Number: | Officer |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 17 November 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant Colonel |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Australian General Hospital - WW1 |
| Born: | Kyneton, Vic., 4 December 1867 |
| Home Town: | Kew, Boroondara, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Hawthorn Grammar School; Brighton Grammar School, Melbourne University |
| Occupation: | Medical Practitioner, Radiologist, Member of Parliament |
| Died: | chronic bronchitis and emphysema, Toorak, Victoria, Australia, 23 November 1940, aged 72 years |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Kew War Memorial |
Biography contributed by Mary Walsh
Born Kyneton, Victoria 4 December 1867, died Melbourne, Victoria 23 November 1940. Educated at Brighton Grammar School and the University of Melbourne, where he graduated M.B.,1890; Ch.B.,1891. Undertook further study in England 1892 - where he obtained the conjoint M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. diploma. Returned to Melbourne 1892 and set up as a general practioner in Kew. Became a specialist radiologist at the Alfred Hospital, Melbourne 1908; went to war in November 1914 as consultant skiagraphist (radiologist) with the AAMC. Served with the 1st, 2nd and 3rd AGH's in Egypt, Lemnos, France and England, setting up and operating X-ray units in those locations. Returned to Australia in 1917 with the rank of lieutenant colonel.
Argyle entered Victorian state politics in 1920, representing Toorak. He served as chief secretary and minister for health 1923-24 and again 1924-29, becoming premier, treasurer and minister for health 1932-35. He remained leader of his party (a fore-runner of the Liberal Party) from 1935 until his death.
Knighted in 1930 for services to health and the state, Argyle died on 23 November, 1940, survived by his wife, two sons and two daughters. The Australian Dictionary of Biography describes him as "a competent administrator and a man of utmost integrity [who gave] unstinting service to the State and his profession".
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