Henry Simpson Newland

{{Short description|Australian surgeon}}

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|name= Henry Simpson Newland

|image= Henry Simpson Newland 1932 B6071.jpg

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|caption= Newland in c.1932

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|birth_date= {{birth date|1873|11|24|df=yes}}

|birth_place= Kensington, South Australia

|death_date= {{death date and age|1969|11|13|1873|11|24|df=yes}}

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|allegiance= Australia

|branch= Citizens Military Force
Australian Imperial Force

|serviceyears= 1907–1910
1914–1919

|rank= Lieutenant Colonel

|unit= Australian Army Medical Corps

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|battles= First World War

|awards= Knight Bachelor
Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Distinguished Service Order
Mentioned in Despatches

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Sir Henry Simpson Newland, {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|sep=,|CBE|DSO|FRCS}} (24 November 1873 – 13 November 1969) was a distinguished Australian surgeon.

As president of the Australian War Service League he was active in promoting selective conscription and martial law during the Second World War.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article74630245 |title=Views And Comments |newspaper=The Advertiser (Adelaide) |location=South Australia |date=23 January 1942 |accessdate=5 December 2016 |page=11 |via=National Library of Australia}}

The Henry Simpson Newland Prize is named in his honour. The medal was first awarded by the Federal Council of the British Medical Association in Australia, and since 1956, by the Australian Medical Association.

He is commemorated by a plaque on the Jubilee 150 Walkway. A portrait of Newland by Ivor Hele won the 1953 Archibald Prize.{{Cite web|title=Archibald Prize Archibald 1953 finalist: Sir Henry Simpson Newland, CBE, DSO, MS, FRCS by Ivor Hele|url=https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/1953/16442/|access-date=2020-12-29|website=www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au}}