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In memory of Dr Charles Roe AM

Friday 16 August 2019

In memory of Dr Charles Roe AM
Dr Charles Roe AM graduated from The University of Queensland with a Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery in 1942. He practised as a urologist at Mater from 1946 to 1975, and then as a relieving urologist until 1992.
 
He came from a long line of doctors. His father, Dr Stanley Roe, was the first doctor to practise urology as a specialty in Queensland and collaborated with the Sisters of Mercy to establish the first full-time urology department in an Australian hospital, at Mater in 1919.
 
Dr Roe was also Chairman of the Mater Hospitals Visiting Staff from 1964 to 1965 and taught at the University of Queensland and Bond University and became a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons in 1977.
 
He also had a keen interest in medico-political work, serving as President in 1964 to 1965, and later as Vice President, of the Queensland Branch of the Australian Medical Association Council.
 
He was made Assistant Professor of Urology at Bond University in 2005 at the age of 86 and awarded an Order of Australia medal in 2011 for his services to medicine.
 
A lover of classical music, particularly Mozart, and an avid reader, Dr Roe also excelled at veteran tennis, becoming World Champion in his age division, and enjoyed playing until the age of 95.
 
He spent the last 25 years of his life on South Stradbroke Island, fishing, swimming, surfing, running and walking. 
 
Dr Charles Roe AM was born on Valentine’s Day 1919 and died on 15 January 2019, a month short of his 100th birthday. 
 
May his soul rest in eternal peace.
 

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