Czech Holocaust survivor, Albert Halm settled in Australia and commenced to educate himself, entering the field of Diagnostic Radiography. As both a practitioner and a teacher he became renown, and dozens of his research papers are published in medical journals around the world. He received the Order of Australia Medal for services to medicine in 1983. He was very involved in Jewish communal affairs in Sydney and was the Founding President of the Australian Association of Jewish Holocaust Survivors.