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Name	Roderick Tate Sutherland
Born	11 August, 1866 Hawthorn, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Died	13 November, 1945 (aged 79) Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Cause of Death	heart disease
Education *	Trinity Grammar School (Melbourne) (student, 1879-1883) University of Glasgow (Scotland) (student, 1886-1890)
Occupation or Descriptor *	anaesthetist (1894-1900) Victoria, Australia obstetrician/gynaecologist (1900-1935) Victoria, Australia army medical officer (1914-1915) Federal, Australia abortionist (1920-1943) Victoria, Australia
Military Service *	World War I (army doctor, 1914) Dardanelles campaign, 1915-16 (army doctor) 1st Light Horse Field Ambulance (army doctor, 1914-1915)
Clubs *	Melbourne Cricket Club (member, ?-1945) Navy, Army and Air Force Club (Melbourne) (member, ?-1945)
Key Organisations *	Freemasons (member, ?-1945) Royal Melbourne Golf Club (member, ?-1945)
Workplaces *	Royal Women's Hospital (Melbourne) (surgeon, 1909-1927)

* Dates are approximate

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