Dr Eric Elihu BROADBENT [2742]

  General Notes:

1893 SA Birth BROADBENT Eric Elihu Elihu BROADBENT Eliza Jane THORN Norwood 523/387
1971 SA Death 122A/2734 BROADBENT Eric Elihu Dorothy BROADBENT [W] Adelaide
Cemetery: Stirling General BROADBENT Eric Elihu 77y 1971; Relations: Husband of Dorothy May, parent of Erica .

Daily Herald (Adelaide) Monday 9 July 1917
CONFERRING DEGREES.
A special congregation of the University of Adelaide will be held in the theatre in the Prince of Wales Buildings, to-day, at 4.30 p.m., for the purpose of conferring degrees on the undermentioned candidates: -For the degrees of bachelor of medicine and bachelor of surgery - Bean, Alan Reid; Boare, Frank Howard; Broadbent, Eric Elihu; Cairns, Hugh William Bell; Davies, Harold Whitridge; Gault, Arthur Kyle; Gillen, John Besley; Hall, Norman Bruce; Kendrew, George Harry; Lendon, Guy Austin; Moore, Brian Formby; O'Neill, Sydney; Holland, James Alexander; Symons, Eric Lindsay; Webb, John Newton.
For the degree of bachelor of engineering and diploma in applied science-Smith, Raydon Berry. The Chancellor of the University will preside.

The Advertiser Wednesday 11 July 1917
CONFERRED.
FIFTEEN NEW DOCTORS.
There was a special congregation of the Adelaide University at the Prince of Wales theatre on Monday, when degrees chiefly of Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery were conferred on candidates. The Chancellor (Sir George Murray), who presided, was supported by the Vice-Chancellor (Professor Mitchell), Professor Sir Edward Stirling, Professor Kerr Grant, and other members of the Senate and council, and the Warden of the Senate. Professor Stirling presented the candidates, and the Chancellor congratulated each, amid the cheers of the students. Degrees of Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery were conferred on the following: - Alan Reid Bean, Frank Howard Beare, Eric Elihu Broadbent, Hugh William Bell Cairns (Rhodes and Everard Scholar), Harold Whitridge Davies, Arthur Kyle Gault, John Bealey Gillen, Norman Bruce Hall, George Harry Kendrew, Guy Austin Lendon, Brian Formby Moore, Sydney O'Neill, James Alexander Rolland, Eric Lindsay Symons, John Newton Webb. The degree of Bachelor of Engineering and Diploma of Applied Science was conferred (in absentia) on Raydon Berry Smith. The Chancellor referred to the fine work done by doctors during the war. He said Dr. Cairns had enlisted in 1915, and returned in the following year to complete his course. He paid him a special tribute, as he wás both Rhodes and Everard Scholar, and had topped the lists. Dr. Davies had also enlisted, and been wounded, and Dr. Gault had shared the same fate in 1915. But they had returned, and successfully completed their course, and all the young staff were prepared to go out and do service. (Cheers.) On no class in the Empire had military duty fallen more heavily than upon the medical profession, and none had taken-up the burden more cheerfully. Six of the teachers had gone to the front, and in order to meet the extra strain the remaining teachers had gone on from term to term without vacation. Out of 25 eligible men all but one had enlisted, and three had gained the Military Cross (Cheers.) One (Dr. Burden) had given his life. He wished the ex-students God speed, and said he knew they would uphold the honor of their land and win distinction. (Cheers.)

Eric married Dorothy Mary WINDLE [2746] [MRIN: 920], daughter of John George WINDLE [7613] and Flora CHAFFER [7614], on 19 Oct 1917 in Methodist Parsonage, Petersburgh, South Australia. (Dorothy Mary WINDLE [2746] was born on 17 Feb 1894 in Prospect, Adelaide, South Australia, died on 12 Mar 1979 in South Australia and was buried in 1979 in Stirling General Cemetery, South Australia.)

  Marriage Notes:

1917 SA Marriage 273/171 BROADBENT Eric Elihu WINDLE Dorothy Mary, Frome