Dental Board of Western Australia Certificate - Eugene Thomas Parker

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EUGENE THOMAS PARKER
(b. 9 January 1875 Bathurst, New South Wales d. 20 January 1934 Perth, Western Australia)

The elder son of Patrick John and Ellen Mary Parker (nee Mahony), Eugene was born in Bathurst, New South Wales and moved to Western Australia in the late 1890s.
Eugene studied dentistry and qualified to practice in May 1898. He moved to the goldfields around 1902 and worked in a dental practice there for a number of years. Around 1925 he moved to Busselton and set up his own practice as a Surgeon Dentist in Alfred Street, working out of Mr Blenkinsop's residence. By the early 1930s he had relocated his rooms to Prince Street, next to the Convent Hall. At that time he also consulted in Margaret River.
An amusing incident occurred to Eugene in 1928. One evening while driving home from Margaret River he was hailed by a passing motorist with a strange request. The motorist was suffering from a toothache and asked if Mr Parker could take a look at it. Eugene agreed to extract the offending tooth on the side of the road with the aid of his car's headlights.
Due to ill health, Eugene had to surrender his practice in 1933 and he passed away in January 1934. His obituary in the local newspaper stated that he was the "pioneer of his profession".

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EUGENE THOMAS PARKER
(b. 9 January 1875 Bathurst, New South Wales d. 20 January 1934 Perth, Western Australia)

The elder son of Patrick John and Ellen Mary Parker (nee Mahony), Eugene was born in Bathurst, New South Wales and moved to Western Australia in the late 1890s.
Eugene studied dentistry and qualified to practice in May 1898. He moved to the goldfields around 1902 and worked in a dental practice there for a number of years. Around 1925 he moved to Busselton and set up his own practice as a Surgeon Dentist in Alfred Street, working out of Mr Blenkinsop's residence. By the early 1930s he had relocated his rooms to Prince Street, next to the Convent Hall. At that time he also consulted in Margaret River.
An amusing incident occurred to Eugene in 1928. One evening while driving home from Margaret River he was hailed by a passing motorist with a strange request. The motorist was suffering from a toothache and asked if Mr Parker could take a look at it. Eugene agreed to extract the offending tooth on the side of the road with the aid of his car's headlights.
Due to ill health, Eugene had to surrender his practice in 1933 and he passed away in January 1934. His obituary in the local newspaper stated that he was the "pioneer of his profession".
South-Western News, 26 January 1934, https://trove.nla.gov.au
South-Western News, 6 November 1931, https://trove.nla.gov.au
Group Settlement Chronicle and Margaret-Augusta Mail, 15 May 1928, https://trove.nla.gov.au
Australia and New Zealand, Find A Grave Index, 1800s-Current, ancestry.com.au, Accessed 5 July 2023

Dental Board of Western Australia Certificate - Eugene Thomas Parker

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