Charles Huxtable

Charles Reginald Ralston Huxtable MC & Bar (30 September 1891–29 July 1980) was an Australian doctor who served in both World Wars and wrote about his experiences in the book From the Somme to Singapore: a Medical Officer in Two World Wars.

Huxtable was commissioned a Temporary Lieutenant in the Royal Army Medical Corps in April 1915. He won the Military Cross in June 1917 and a bar in November 1917 whilst serving as a medical officer with the Lancashire Fusiliers during World War I. He resigned his commission as a Captain in April 1918. During World War II he was captured in Singapore by the Japanese and imprisoned in Changi Prison.

Publications

From the Somme to Singapore: A Medical Officer in Two World Wars, Charles Huxtable, Kangaroo Press, 1987 ISBN 0-86417-745-3

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Name	Huxtable, Charles
Alternative names
Short description	Australian Doctor who served in both World Wars and wrote a memoir of his experinces
Date of birth	Sept 30, 1891
Place of birth	Australia
Date of death	29 July 1980
Place of death	Australia