Harvey Sutton

In 1903-04 Sutton became the Australian National Champion in the 880 yard race, having finished in third place two years previous.[1]

In 1905 Sutton attended New College, Oxford, for whom he competed against Cambridge in athletics and lacrosse.

He competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics in London on the Australasia team, a combined squad of competitors from Australia and New Zealand. In the 800 metres, Sutton placed third in his initial semifinal heat and did not advance to the final. His time was 2:00.0.

Sutton become resident medical officer at Charing Cross Hospital before returning to Australia in 1909.[2]

He served as a doctor in World War I. He was twice mentioned in despatches and in 1919 was awarded the Order of the British Empire for his services in the Middle East.[3]

In 1921, Sutton transferred to the NSW school medical service and in 1930 he became the first director of the School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine at the University of Sydney. He had a particular interest in eugenic approaches to the moral and physical development of children. He believed that national development depended on state intervention in education and public health programs.

Sutton died at his home in Rose Bay, New South Wales in 1963.[2]

• Harvey Sutton (1944), Lectures on Preventative Medicine, Sydney: Consolidated Press

• Cook, Theodore Andrea (1908). The Fourth Olympiad, Being the Official Report. London: British Olympic Association.
• De Wael, Herman (2001). "Athletics 1908". Herman's Full Olympians. Retrieved 29 July 2006.
• Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 29 July 2006.
• Powles, John (24 June 1987). "Naturalism and hygiene: fascist affinities in Australian public health 1910-1940". Attractions of fascism. University of New South Wales.

• ADB biography