1920-1929

1921 Percy Oliver establishes world’s first volunteer donor panel in London.

1926 World’s first transfusion service established by British Red Cross Society.

1926 Clarence Meacham establishes first volunteer donor panel in Wellington New Zealand.

1927 Landsteiner & Levine define M/N System.

1927 Landsteiner & Levine define P-system.

1929 Lucy Bryce establishes 1^st Australian Red Cross Blood Bank in Victoria (Pictured). Other states take notice.

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