George Gore GILLON
MB CM (Glas, commendation) 1878, MD (Glas) 1894, FRCS (Edin) 1895
Born Isle of Man 1858 Died Waihola, Oakdale, Poole, Dorset 23 Nov 1940
Educated at Otago Boys High School 1868 - 1872
Assistant Surgeon, Joint Counties Asylum, Camarthan, Wales 1878
Surgeon Superintendent, NZ Emigration Service 1878
First registered as a medical practitioner in NZ 18 Apr 1878
Resident Surgeon Superintendent, Wellington Hospital 1879 - 1883
Honorary Visiting Surgeon, Wellington Hospital 1883 - 1895
Private practice in Darlinghurst, Sydney 1896 - 1897
Practiced in Patea 1897 - 1902 and in Auckland 1904 - 1914
Honorary Surgeon, Auckland Hospital 1906 - 1909
The photograph shows Dr Gillon in the uniform of the Wellington Naval Artillery Volunteers, in his capacity as Lieutenant Surgeon
Sometime after 1914 returned to England and practiced in Poole, Dorset
photo courtesy Alexander Turnbull Library, Pearce Album