Born Penrith 30 Apr 1880 Died Wellington 25 Aug 1960
Educated at Penrith High School, and at Edinburgh University Worked as an assistant in a practice in Bury, Lancashire, before obtaining a HP post at the Royal Free Hospital in London in 1905 Emigrated to NZ in 1907, settling in Newtown, Wellington, where he developed a busy general practice. Honorary Consulting Physician to the Home of Compassion 1907 - 1925 Honorary Physician, Wellington Hospital 1912 - 1925 Honorary Visiting Cardiologist, Wellington Hospital 1925 - 1940 Enlisted with NZMC, departing for Egypt in June 1915. Thereafter were spells at Brockenhurst as Officer Commanding No 1 New Zealand General Hospital, and to Etaples in France. ADMS 1929 - 1934; DMS Army and PMO RNZAF 1934-1939; DMS Army and Air Medical and Dental 1939-1947 photograph courtesy RACP archiveObituary: NZMJ 1960 59:441 |