Harry Windsor

Dr Henry 'Harry' Windsor was an Irish born, Australian cardiac surgeon. He trained at Queensland University and then the University of Sydney, gaining second-class honours in medicine and graduating in 1939 with a Bachelor of Medicine. He worked at St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney for numerous years and pioneered several surgical procedures in Australia In 1968 he carried out Australia's first heart transplant. He was a mentor to renowned heart surgeon Victor Chang. Windsor served as a doctor during World War 2 with the Australian Army Medical Corps of the Citizen Military Forces, and then with the Australian Imperial Force. He served mostly in New Guinea, achieving the temporary rank of Major. After the war he returned to work again at St Vincent's Hospital.