Pharmacy Daily | Gongs for pharmacists

TWO community pharmacists were among the Australians named in yesterday’s Queen’s Birthday Honours List. Edgar Small, who runs Small’s Pharmacy in Windsor, NSW was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia in the General Division (OAM) for service to pharmacy and to the community, after working in the area for 31 years including operating a dispensing service for private patients under the Hawkesbury District Health Service. Small has been a member of the Pharmacy Guild of Australia between 1977-1997 and 1999- 2008 and for 46 years has been a member of the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia. The other pharmacist named in the Honours List was Duncan Stewart from Yeppoon in Qld, who was also granted an OAM for service to the community of Yeppoon and pharmacy. Stewart purchased his pharmacy in 1970 and continued to work through until 1998 including locum positions in the Rockhampton and Yeppoon Region. He’s was a Registered Pharmacist between 1962 and 1998 and continues to address service clubs such as Probus and Rotary on the history of pharmacy.

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