Australian zoologist, entomologist and parasitologist
Mabel Josephine Mackerras
Born
7 August 1896
Died
8 October 1971
Mabel Josephine (Jo) Mackerras (née Bancroft) (7 August 1896 – 8 October 1971) was an Australian zoologist, entomologist and parasitologist. Her research and life's work contributed to entomology, veterinary medicine and medical science. Throughout her life she held a wide range of positions and duties that included Army medical officer, entomologist, medical scientist, and parasitologist. Mackerras was a major during WWII and served in the Army Malaria Research Unit. In an application for King's Birthday Honours her work earned the citation,: "few women can have made a greater contribution to the Allied war effort".[1][2]
^Dennis, Peter, & Grey, Jeffrey. (2004). The Foundations of Victory. Canberra: Department of Defense Army History Unit.
^Ritchie, Elspeth Cameron & Anne L Naclerio, Anne L. (2015). Women at War. Women and War: Australia. Oxford University Press.
and 14 Related for: Mabel Josephine Mackerras information
MabelJosephine (Jo) Mackerras (née Bancroft) (7 August 1896 – 8 October 1971) was an Australian zoologist, entomologist and parasitologist. Her research...
Mackerras (1898–1980), Australian zoologist MabelJosephineMackerras (1896–1971), Australian zoologist Malcolm Mackerras AO (born 1939), Australian psephologist...
Murray Mackerras and MabelJosephineMackerras did substantial research into buffalo fly, increasing knowledge into methods of their control. Josephine Mackerras'...
Conductor: John Pryce-Jones 1993 Mackerras/Telarc – Orchestra and Chorus of the Welsh National Opera; Conductor: Sir Charles Mackerras 1994 Essgee Entertainment...
recording in English of La traviata conducted by Sir Charles Mackerras. Also with Mackerras, she recorded the role of Cleopatra in Julius Caesar opposite...
2021 – via National Library of Australia. Williams, Lesley, "Mackerras, MabelJosephine (Jo) (1896–1971)", Australian Dictionary of Biography, Canberra:...
for All and Australian Opera, and Sir Malcolm Sargent and Sir Charles Mackerras each conducted audio sets of several Savoy operas. Since 1994, the International...
the law as a Justice of the High Court of Australia Sir (Alan) Charles Mackerras, CBE For service to music as an operatic conductor and for the promotion...
technology, information and society on economic development. Malcolm Hugh Mackerras For service to the community by raising public awareness of and encouraging...
Babcock & Wilcox Ltd. For services to Export. Alan Charles MacLaurin Mackerras, CBE, Conductor. Kenneth Mather, CBE, Professor of Genetics, University...
Global Information