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Olle, Archibald Durrant (1868 - 1942)
 
Chemist
Born: 1868  Bayton, Suffolk, England.  Died: 9 September 1942  Ashfield, New South Wales, Australia.
Archibald Durrant Olle joined the British Navy at age 15. One of his first postings was to Sydney in 1886. After participating in Australian jubilee celebrations in Sydney and Adelaide in 1887, he spent the next year travelling around the Pacific. In 1888, Olle was forced to accept a discharge due to his continued poor health. He then took up hospital work in Melbourne and Sydney and then spent two years in Germany. Olle was a member of many leading scientific bodies and was a Fellow of the Chemical Society, London.

was an original member of the Australian Chemical Institute

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Chronology
1886Sailed to Sydney with the British Navy on the HM Brig Nautilis
1887Sailed on the HMS Nelson as part of Australian jubilee celebrations
c. 1888 - ?Hospital service at the Hamilton Hospital in Victoria, then at the Sydney Hospital
1888Discharged from the Navy due to poor health
1899 - Established a practice in massage, electro-therapy and radiology in Ashfield
1926 - 1927Chair of the Agricultural Section of the Royal Society of New South Wales
1930 - Chair of the Industrial Section of the Royal Society of New South Wales

 
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