Life Summary - Reginald Spencer (Reg) Ellery

Ellery, Reginald Spencer (Reg) (1897–1955)

	Ellery, Reginald Spencer (Reg) (1897–1955)
Born	12 August, 1897 Rose Park, Adelaide , South Australia , Australia
Died	27 December, 1955 (aged 58) Prahran, Melbourne , Victoria , Australia
Cause of Death	cancer (not specified)
Religious Influence	Anglican
Education*	St Peter's College (Adelaide) (student, 1909-1914) University of Melbourne (student, 1920-1930)
Occupation*	poet (1918-1955) Victoria, Australia soldier (1918-1918) Federal, Australia mental health practitioner (1923-1955) Victoria, Australia public servant (1923-1931) Victoria, Australia communist (1940-1955) Victoria, Australia autobiographer/memoirist (1956-1956) Victoria, Australia
Military Service*	World War I (soldier)
Key Events*	Royal Commission into the Hospital for the Insane, Kew (Vic, 1924) (witness)
Groups*	Angry Penguins (member)
Key Organisations*	British Psychological Society (member) Melbourne Institute for Psychoanalysis (founding member, 1940)
Political Activism*	Communist (Victoria, 1940-1955)
Workplaces*	Dept of Health (Vic) (psychiatrist, 1918-1931) Hospital for the Insane (Kew, Melbourne) (psychiatrist, 1923-1924) Hospital for the Insane (Sunbury, Melbourne) (psychiatrist, 1925-1928) Royal Melbourne Hospital (psychiatrist, 1925-1928) Hospital for the Insane (Mont Park, Melbourne) (psychiatrist, 1928-1931) Alfred Hospital (Melbourne) (consultant psychiatrist, 1931-1946)

* Dates are approximate