- Born
- 19 June 1880
South Yarra, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Died
- 9 October 1954
Forrest, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
- Occupation
- first director-general of the Australian Department of Health
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- References
- Roe, Michael, 'Cumpston, John Howard Lidgett (1880-1954)', in Australian Dictionary of Biography, online edition, Australian National University, 2006, http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A080194b.htm. Details