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- Created 1908, [1943]-1950 (Creation)
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2 boxes or 0.02 cubic metres
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Name of creator
Biographical history
Born in 1902; studied medicine at National University of Ireland; joined RAF and served in India, 1926-1929; later transferred to the RN and served on HMS RESOLUTION and HMS QUEEN ELIZABETH; served in Singapore, [1939]-1942; Chief Malariologist with the British Pacific Fleet, [1943-1946]; Naval Medical Officer of Health for Hong Kong, 1951-1952; retired, 1960; died in1983.
Archival history
GB 0099 KCLMA Mockler Created 1908, [1943]-1950 Collection (fonds) 2 boxes or 0.02 cubic metres
Born in 1902; studied medicine at National University of Ireland; joined RAF and served in India, 1926-1929; later transferred to the RN and served on HMS RESOLUTION and HMS QUEEN ELIZABETH; served in Singapore, [1939]-1942; Chief Malariologist with the British Pacific Fleet, [1943-1946]; Naval Medical Officer of Health for Hong Kong, 1951-1952; retired, 1960; died in1983.
Placed in the Centre by the family in 1983.
Papers relating to his medical career with the RN, 1939-1952, dated 1908, [1943]-1950, principally comprising typescript texts written as Chief Malariologist with the British Pacific Fleet, [1943-1946], including accounts of his work in Singapore, Hong Kong and Pacific Islands; typescript texts by Mockler and others on malaria and its treatment, [1943-1946]; official annual reportsas Naval Medical Officer of Health, Hong Kong, 1951-1952; lecture notes circulated at the RN Medical School, Alverstoke, to accompany a course on radiological defence, [1947]; British, Australian and US military publications on health and medical issues, 1942-1950, mainly malaria and tropical diseases.
Arranged in the following sections: reports as Chief Malariologist; reports by others concerning malaria; reports written while Naval Medical Officer of Health, Hong Kong; lecture notes; printed matter.
Open, subject to signature of reader's undertaking form.
Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be supplied for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Trustees of the Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, attention of the Director of Archive Services.
English
Summary guide available on-line at http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/top.htm, anddetailed catalogue available in hard copy in the Centre's reading room.
Mar 1997 Armed forces Asia and the Pacific China Diseases East Asia Hong Kong Infectious diseases International conflicts International relations Malaria Medical sciences Military medicine Military organizations Organizations Pacific Islands Pathology RN , Royal Navy x Royal Navy Singapore South East Asia State security Surgery Tropical diseases War World wars (events) World War Two (1939-1945) Wars (events)
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Placed in the Centre by the family in 1983.
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Scope and content
Papers relating to his medical career with the RN, 1939-1952, dated 1908, [1943]-1950, principally comprising typescript texts written as Chief Malariologist with the British Pacific Fleet, [1943-1946], including accounts of his work in Singapore, Hong Kong and Pacific Islands; typescript texts by Mockler and others on malaria and its treatment, [1943-1946]; official annual reportsas Naval Medical Officer of Health, Hong Kong, 1951-1952; lecture notes circulated at the RN Medical School, Alverstoke, to accompany a course on radiological defence, [1947]; British, Australian and US military publications on health and medical issues, 1942-1950, mainly malaria and tropical diseases.
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Arranged in the following sections: reports as Chief Malariologist; reports by others concerning malaria; reports written while Naval Medical Officer of Health, Hong Kong; lecture notes; printed matter.
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Conditions governing access
Open, subject to signature of reader's undertaking form.
Conditions governing reproduction
Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be supplied for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Trustees of the Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, attention of the Director of Archive Services.
Language of material
- English
Script of material
- Latin
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English
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Finding aids
Summary guide available on-line at http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/top.htm, anddetailed catalogue available in hard copy in the Centre's reading room.
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- State security » Armed forces
- Pathology » Diseases
- Pathology » Diseases » Infectious diseases
- International conflicts
- International relations
- Pathology » Diseases » Infectious diseases » Malaria
- Medical sciences
- Organizations
- Pathology
- State security
- Medical sciences » Surgery
- Pathology » Diseases » Tropical diseases
- International conflicts » War
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- English