General Dr Francis Raymond (Frank)
Hone
Male
Australia
1897-01-24
Morphett Vale, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
1963-04-15
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia


About

From: https://vwma.org.au/explore/people/607581

Francis Raymond (Frank) Hone was born on 24th January 1897 at Morphett Vale, South Australia. He was the son of Frank Sandland Hone, a notable Adelaide physician and Chief Commonwealth Quarantine Officer in South Australia, and Lucy Hone (née Henderson).

Frank Hone was educated at Prince Alfred College and studied medicine at the University of Adelaide, graduating in 1920. He completed a resident year at the Adelaide Hospital, in 1921, and then gained a scholarship to study biochemistry, in Adelaide, with Thorburn Brailsford Robertson, a brilliant biochemist of the time. He achieved a BSc, in 1922, and his MD in 1923.

Hone married Maisie Gault, the daughter of Dr and Mrs Arthur Gault, on 4th April 1923. They went to England for his postgraduate study, and on returning to Adelaide, he went into private practice with his father, Frank Sandland Hone, and his brother, Garton Maxwell Hone. Frank Hone also took up several honorary positions, including honorary pathologist at the Adelaide Children’s Hospital. He tutored in medicine from 1932 until 1940. Hone became a foundation Fellow of the Australasian College of Physicians in 1938.

Hone joined the Royal Australian Army Medical Corps (RAAMC), on 26th October 1928, as a captain and was promoted major on 11th January 1940. He enlisted in the 2/Australian Imperial Force (AIF) on 24th January 1940 and posted as a specialist physician to 2/2nd Australian General Hospital (AGH), in the Atherton Tablelands.

He left for the Middle East in April 1940 and arrived in Egypt on 17th May 1940. He was appointed to 2/5th AGH in Alexandria in July 1940. He was admitted to 1 AGH with tonsillitis and then posted to 2 AGH. For most of 1941, he was appointed for duty between 1 and 2 AGH and promoted to lieutenant colonel 10th November 1941.

He returned to Australia via Bombay, India in April 1942, arriving in Adelaide on 23rd May 1942. He was admitted to 2/1st AGH Guilford and placed on the seriously ill list in early 1943 and discharged to duty on 7th June 1943. He was confirmed in the rank of lieutenant colonel and posted to 105 AMH, in Adelaide, until his discharge on 23rd November 1943 and placed on the Reserve of Officers.

Hone was discharged from the Army, to resume his teaching role, in medicine, at the University of Adelaide and at the Royal Adelaide Hospital. He was responsible for the development and postgraduate teaching for the Member of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (MRACP) while maintaining his practice as a physician.

He was noted for his love of sport and represented South Australia in tennis in his university years. He also enjoyed music, literature and especially food and wine. Frank Raymond Hone died on 15th April 1963. He was survived by his wife Maisie and their four children, Mary Kerr Grant, Jill Whittaker, Michael and Geoffrey Hone.



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Archive statistics 1919 - 1933
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Tournaments South Australian Championships - 1933 South Australian Championships - 1931 South Australian Championships - 1930 Australian Open - 1929 South Australian Championships - 1928 South Australian Championships - 1927 Australian Open - 1926 South Australian Championships - 1926 Victorian Championships - 1926 South Australian Championships - 1922 South Australian Championships - 1921 Australian Open - 1920 South Australian Championships - 1919

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