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Professor James Wilkinson (Bio. of Career)

(James Leonard - called Jim) was born in Birmingham, England and educated at Clifton College, Bristol. He studied Medicine at Birmingham University and subsequently specialised in Paediatrics
and in Cardiology.

Graduation 1966

Jim Wilkinson 2001

"Jimmy" 1947

Since 2004 there have been several meetings with distant family members including cousins David Allison and (William) Hugh Wilkinson in Toronto

August 2005 afforded the chance to meet up with (John) Michael Wilkinson in London and Tony (Anthony Masterton) Wilkinson in Bath.

In August 2013 Endymion Wilkinson visited Melbourne and stayed with us.

70th birthday gathering August 2013 in Ivanhoe

In early 1988, after 15 years in Liverpool, where he started as a Lecturer in the Department of Paediatrics and from 1975 worked as a Consultant Paediatric Cardiologist, he moved to Melbourne as Director of Cardiology at the Royal Children's Hospital, a position that he held until 2001.

He is now "Senior Cardiologist" at the Royal Children's Hospital.

He is a Professorial fellow in the Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne.

He ceased full time practice in 2009, but continued on a regular "part time" basis until 2013, at which time his hospital colleagues organised a "surprise farewell" meeting.

He failed to take the hint that was implied by this gathering and continues to attend for teaching sessions and occasional outpatient clinics until October 2019, when he retired from all clinical work.

In June 2019 he was "Appointed as a Member in the General Division in the Order of Australia (AM)", in the Queen's Birthday Honours. This proved to be a nice coincidence of timing as his father KD Wilkinson had been "Appointed as an Officer in the Military Division in the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the King's Birthday Honours in June 1919

He is married to Helen and has four sons.

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Investiture AM
20 September 2019
(with Pa's OBE)

Oliver, Edward, Dominic, Matthew
with Dunk Island behind