Anzac Doctor: VC The Life of Sir Neville Howse, VC
Howse was a member of the New South Wales Army Medical Corps. He was awarded the Victoria Cross for heroism in a battle which took place during the Boer war. To this day he remains the only Australian medical officer to have received the VC.
At the start of WW1 he enlisted in 1914 and was a senior medical officer as Anzac Cove. By the end of World War I he was the Director of Medical Services for the whole of the AIF. Having being knighted 3 times for his services. Upon his return to Australia he entered Federal Parliament in 1922 and was a successful Minister holding several portfolios including Defence, Health, and Repatriation is now known as veterans affairs.
He died in 1930.