title: John North: multiple skilled general practitioner.
abstract: John Hamilton North who was recipient of the 1994 Rose Hunt Award for outstanding service to the RACGP is renowned for his many skills--clinical, administrative and political. A very congenial personality, this astute ex-rural Tasmanian general practitioner served in the Royal Australian Air Force during World War II before entering medical school.
mesh_terms: D001315:Australia; D005194:Family Practice / Q000266:history*; D049673:History, 20th Century; D012955:Societies, Medical / Q000266:history