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Emeritus Consultants Biographies
Harold George Daniel Breidahl was born in Melbourne of Danish stock, the son of an industrial chemist who managed the Old Court Whisky distillery in Port Melbourne. He was educated at Scotch College and the University of Melbourne. He gained prizes in second and third year Physiology and graduated MSc in 1916. Two years later he graduated MB.BS. Harold Breidahl obtained his MRACP in 1938 and was one of the earliest to do so by examination. He was made FRACP in 1950 and was also an Associate of the Australian Chemical Institute. Harold Breidahl was appointed Honorary Biochemist at the Royal Perth Hospital in 1931 and held this post until 1947. He was Honorary Allergist to the Royal Perth and Princess Margaret Hospitals from 1933 to 1950. He decided to retire from active practice in 1956 and spent two years in the United Kingdom and Europe. However, on returning to Perth he joined the staff of the Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital where he worked right up to his death. Harold Breidahl was a pioneer in biochemistry in Western Australia and in addition to his work at the Royal Perth Hospital, he established his own biochemistry laboratory where he made his "allergic" extracts. He and his wife had three children: two sons and a daughter. One son Peter is a radiologist in Perth and the other an endocrinologist in Melbourne. Their daughter is a trained biochemist. Harold Breidahl died on March 20th 1980, aged 86 years. |
