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Name: ALLEN, George Vance (Dr.), Sir
Birth Date: 16 Apr 1894 Donegal
Death Date: 2 Oct 1970 Whitstable
First Date: 1917
Last Date: 1927
Profession: 2nd Asst. Bacteriologist, Laboratory Division, Medical Dept.
Area: Nairobi
Married: 1. 1922 Sybil May Seaton b. 1898 Aylesbury, d. 1953 Canterbury; 2. In Ashford, Kent 1954 Oriane Frances Tomkins b. 10 Aug 1914 Cranbrook, d. 18 Oct 1988 Whitstable, nurse
Children: 1. Hugh Clifford (4 Nov 1926 Nairobi); Jill Beatrice Anne (1930)
Book Reference: KAD, Red 25, Red 31, Colonial, Red 22, Carman, Gazette
War Service: RAMC
School: Methodist College, Belfast; MB, ChB, BAO Belfast 1917
General Information:
Colonial - asst. bacteriologist, Kenya Feb 1921; senior bacteriologist Sept. 1925; bacteriologist, FMS (Federal Malay States?) Nov 1927 etc.
Red 22 - Nairobi Hon. Sec., British Medical Association, Kenya Branch
Carman - Dr. G.V. Allen, assistant to Dr. W.H. Kauntze, was shortly to be promoted to an appointment in Malaya.
Gazette 23/3/1921 - Arrived on 1st Appointment - Asst. Bacteriologist - 11/3/1921
1928 moved to Federated Malay Straits. Principal of Medical College, Singapore. 1949 Vice-Chanc. Univ. of Malaya
Was in Changi Interment Camp in World War 2
He was knighted in 1952.
Anna Crozier, The Colonial Medical Officer, PH.D. thesis, UCL 2005: RAMC East Africa (1917-19); MO Kenya (1920-27); Bacteriologist Federated Malay States (1927-29); Principal, College of Medicine Singapore (1929- 42); interned by the Japanese in Singapore (1942-5); Vice-chancellor University of Malaya (1947-52); Treasurer Association of Universities of the British Commonwealth; Chairman the Council of Queen Elizabeth College; Deputy ProChancellor, University of Kent (1963-?); died in Canterbury Kent Principal medical interests: bacteriology; medical education Accolades: Chairman Singapore Branch of BMA (1930-32); President Malaya Branch of BMA (1933-34); CBE (1946); knighted (1952); honorary LLD (1952 Malaya, 1958 Belfast; 1963 Aberdeen); honorary DSc (1969 Kent); Secretary British Association for the Advancement of Science (1954-63)
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