Joseph Ahearne

Joseph Ahearne
Joseph Ahearne
Born	Joseph Ahearne; 1852; Ireland
Died	1926
Occupation	Surgeon-Major for the Queensland colony's defense force and later to Australian Defence Force
Known for	Ahearne Street in Townsville is named in his memory.

Joseph Ahearne L.R.C.P., L.R.C.S., (1852–1926) was a Surgeon-Major for the Queensland colony's defense force and later to Australian Defence Force.

Biography

Ahearne, a native of Ireland, was admitted to L.R.C.S. (Ireland) in 1871, and L.R.C.P. (London) in 1878. He emigrated to Queensland, and went to Cooktown in 1876, where he was appointed government medical officer; in 1877, he was in Thornborough.

He was appointed Government Medical Officer at Townsville in November 1879. He joined the Volunteer Defence Force in 1881, as surgeon to the Artillery. He was appointed Surgeon-Major and Principal Medical Officer for the Northern District in Nov. 1886, and Health Officer at Townsville on 26 Nov. 1886.

In that year he visited England as the representative of the North Queensland Separation League; and much of the progress which has since attended the operations of the League is to be ascribed to the impetus given to it by Dr. Ahearne's exertions. Dr. Ahearne married Elizabeth Frances Cunningham, the daughter of Edward Cunningham, a Queensland squatter.[1]

Ahearne served as a colonel of the medical in a contingent of the Queensland Land Force in the Boer War .[2]

Ahearne Street in Townsville is named in his memory.[3]

References

Mennell, Philip (1892). "Ahearne, Surgeon-Major Joseph" . The Dictionary of Australasian Biography. London: Hutchinson & Co – via Wikisource.
"The official quarterly list of officers of the Queensland Land Forces, corrected to 31st July, 1900". Retrieved 5 September 2010.
Mathew, John (1995). "Highways and byways: the origin of Townsville street names" (PDF). Townsville: Townsville Library Service. p. 2. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2009. Retrieved 5 September 2010.

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[1] Mennell, Philip (1892). "Ahearne, Surgeon-Major Joseph" . The Dictionary of Australasian Biography. London: Hutchinson & Co – via Wikisource.

[2] "The official quarterly list of officers of the Queensland Land Forces, corrected to 31st July, 1900". Retrieved 5 September 2010.

[3] Mathew, John (1995). "Highways and byways: the origin of Townsville street names" (PDF). Townsville: Townsville Library Service. p. 2. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2009. Retrieved 5 September 2010.