Nathaniel Burnett HAM

1865 - 1954  (88 years)

• Name	Nathaniel Burnett HAM
  Birth	13 Jun 1865	Smythesdale, Victoria, Australia
  Gender	Male
  Death	28 Mar 1954	Orpington Hospital, Middlesex, England
  Person ID	I822	FHC006 - White Tree
  Last Modified	1 Mar 2021

  
  

  Father	David HAM,   b. 4 Nov 1830, Launcells, Cornwall, England d. 3 Jan 1908, Lathamstowe, Queenscliff, Victoria, Australia (Age 77 years)
  Mother	Mary JONES,   b. 28 Oct 1832, Portadown, Armagh, Ireland d. 13 Apr 1909, St Ives, Lambert Rd, Toorak, Victoria, Australia (Age 76 years)
  Marriage	19 Sep 1856	Wesleyan Church, Geelong, Victoria, Australia
  Family ID	F769	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Margaret ROBERTS,   b. 1870   d. 1946 (Age 76 years)
  Marriage	26 Apr 1897	Llandudno, Wales
  Children	1. Dorothy HAM
  Family ID	F573	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Mar 2021

  
  

• Notes

  Nathaniel was the Health Commissioner in Brisbane at the time of his father's will in 1906. Article in Medical Journal of Australia, Vol. 161, 4 July 1994 by M. John Thearle, outlines his achievements. He left Australia in 1891 and went to Guy's Hospital Medical School. He graduated a member of the Royal College of Surgeons in 1896. He was appointed Queensland's first Health Commissioner and commenced his position on January 1, 1901. He moved to Victoria in 1909 and took up the position of Head of the department of Public Health. He then returned to England, served as a medical officer in the First World War. He eventually took up private medicine in London until his death.