Skip to main content
About
About the RACP
What is a physician or paediatrician?
Membership
College structure
Board and governance
College Council
Committees
Accreditation
Ethics
Consumer Advisory Group
Special Interest Groups
The ROC
Multi-factor authentication
Our heritage
Get involved
Careers at RACP
Medical positions
MyRACP
Congress 2024
News and Events
News
The President's Message
RACP 2024 Elections
Media releases
Events
Congress 2024
Expressions of Interest
RACP in the media
COVID-19
Quick facts
Policy and Advocacy
Represent your profession
Policy and Advocacy Priorities
Policy and Advocacy Library
CPAC reports
Evolve
Voice to Parliament
Make It The Norm
Division, Faculty and Chapter Priorities
Regional Committee Priorities
RACP Foundation
Donate to Foundation
About us
Research Awards and Career Grants
College and Congress prizes
Division, Faculty and Chapter Awards & Prizes
Regional Awards & Prizes
Indigenous Scholarships & Prizes
International Grants
Student Scholarships & Prizes
Terms and Conditions
Our recipients
Contact us
Toggle mobile menu
Search
Home
Become a Physician
Trainees
Fellows
Overseas specialists
About
About the RACP
What is a physician or paediatrician?
Membership
College structure
Board and governance
College Council
Committees
Accreditation
Ethics
Consumer Advisory Group
Special Interest Groups
The ROC
Multi-factor authentication
Our heritage
College Roll
College timeline
History of Medicine Library
Past office bearers
Get involved
Careers at RACP
Medical positions
MyRACP
News and Events
Expressions of Interest
Policy and Advocacy
RACP Foundation
Wellbeing
Contact us
Pomegranate Health
Close menu
▲
Search
Open section menu
▼
About
About the RACP
What is a physician or paediatrician?
Membership
College structure
Board and governance
College Council
Committees
Accreditation
Ethics
Consumer Advisory Group
Special Interest Groups
The ROC
Multi-factor authentication
Our heritage
College Roll
College timeline
History of Medicine Library
Past office bearers
Get involved
Careers at RACP
Medical positions
MyRACP
Open section menu
▼
College Roll Bio
Dalton, William Redmond
Share
Qualifications
MB BS Syd (1941) MRACP (1950) FRACP (1969)
Born
03/07/1917
Died
19/05/1980
William Redmond (Red) Dalton, one of six children, was born in Sydney but spent his early childhood in Orange where the Dalton family have always been well known. His father died in the infamous "flu" epidemic of 1919 when Red was only two and soon after the family moved to Sydney. Red was educated at St. Stanislaus' College at Bathurst.
He studied Medicine at Sydney University graduating in 1941. He then entered the RAAF and saw service mainly in the Pacific. On returning from the War he spent some time in general practice as an assistant to Dr Walter McGrath at Kensington before deciding to specialise. He obtained the MRACP in 1950. He joined the staff of St Vincents, Lewisham and the Mater hospitals becoming an honorary physician at each of these hospitals. He was also very active at the "Repat" and Concord Hospital. His private practice was in Macquarie Street.
Red had a particular interest in haematology and was a member of the Haematological Society of Australia. He also had an interest in diabetes and at Lewisham was physician to the diabetic clinic. Red was a most astute physician and teacher. He prided himself on being able to make a diagnosis by merely observing a patient's mannerisms. He was highly regarded by his students and became a tutor in medicine. In the late sixties and early seventies he examined final year medical students. He always tried to put the examinees at ease, holding the view that he was there to find out how much they knew, not how much they did not know.
Red loved sport in general and in particular golf and cricket. He played off a single figure handicap in golf and was a talented spin bowler and hard hitting batsman. As a young man he played cricket for Sydney University and later was the driving force behind the annual cricket matches between the honoraries and residents at St Vincent's, Lewisham and Mater hospitals. Red is survived by his wife Cecile and seven children, one of whom, John, was also to join the medical profession.
Author
JA DALTON
References
Last Updated
May 30, 2018, 17:35 PM
Close overlay