Born Palmerston North 1887 Died Wellington 26 Sep 1946
Medical training and Resident appointments at London Hospital WW1 service with the "old contemptibles" in France, and in Palestine Postgraduate studies in England & 6 months in India, studying eye diseases Returned to NZ in 1920 Honorary Visiting Surgeon, Eye Ear Nose and Throat Department, Wellington Hospital 1920 - 1936 Specialised in Ophthalmic surgery, but obituary notes that he made his own bronchoscopes at home in his workshop. Obituary: NZMJ 1946 45:571 photograph courtesy J O Mercer collection |