Thomas Henry Fiaschi

Thomas Henry Fiaschi (Italian: Tommaso Enrico Fiaschi; 31 May 1853 – 17 April 1927) was an Italian-Australian surgeon. He served with both Italian and Australian armed forces, seeing active service as a military surgeon in the First Italo-Ethiopian War, the Second Boer War, and World War I.

Early life Fiaschi was born on 31 May 1853 in Florence, Italy, then within the Grand Duchy of Tuscany. He was the son of Clarissa (née Fisher) and Lodovico Fiaschi. His father was a mathematics professor at the University of Florence, while his mother was an Englishwoman who had worked as a tutor to members of the Corsini family.

Medical career Fiaschi received his initial medical training at the University of Florence. He emigrated to Australia at the age of 21, initially spending time at the Palmer River Goldfields in the colony of Queensland. He subsequently settled in New South Wales where he was a house surgeon at St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney. He returned to Italy to undertake further training in Florence and at the University of Pisa, graduating M.D., Ch.D. in 1877. Fiaschi was made a knight of the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus and officer of the Order of the Crown of Italy for his services in the war. He published an article on the treatment of Italian prisoners-of-war in the British Medical Journal. He was buried in the Anglican section of Waverley Cemetery.