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Doig, Keith McKeddie


Qualifications
MC (1918) MB BS Melb (1915) MRACP (1940)
Born
11/12/1891
Died
03/01/1949

Keith McKeddie Doig was born in Nathalia, Victoria. His school education was at Geelong College where he was dux of the school and captain of both cricket and football. From there he went to Ormond College at the University of Melbourne and it was a mark of respect for him as a schoolboy that his fees at Ormond were paid by the headmaster of Geelong College.

Here he excelled again in both sport and academic life. He captained his cricket and football teams from his second year on and was made a University blue for both sports. After his year of residency at the Royal Melbourne Hospital he entered the Australian Army Medical Corps in 1916 and spent his time in France where he was awarded the Military Cross.

On returning to civilian life he set up practice in Colac in 1920 and married Miss Lewis Maffra Grant the same year. It was a stimulating practice and he gave it all his vital energy and ability. He continued to be keen on sport, this time in tennis, and he was captain of the winning country week tennis team in 1933.

His family life was full and rich, but he remained academically well up to date and obtained his MRACP by examination in 1940. Although invited to become a Fellow of the College he had to turn it down as he said `I could not give up my mids’.

During World War II, the shortage of medical men in the country areas took toll of his health and he suffered his first heart attack in 1948 and his second fatal one in 1949. He was survived by his widow, and four children, the two eldest following him in the practice of medicine.

Author

WG DOIG

References

Med J Aust, 1949, 1, 394-5;

Last Updated

May 30, 2018, 17:37 PM
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