Born India 4 Jun 1903 Died Palmerston North 1988 ![Richard Durand](https://www.ccdhb.org.nz/about-us/history/wellington-hospital-smo-archive/appointments-made/1941-1960/medical-admin-clinical-support-services/medical-superintendents/durand-richard-w/durandrw.JPG)
Educated in England Served with the RAF in WW2. After being shot down, served for a time as MO on the troop ship Queen Elizabeth. Later he was MO at a RAF training establishment in England. Post-war, he worked as Medical Superintendent Belfast City Hospital, before emigrating to New Zealand in 1950 Superintendent-in-Chief, Wellington Hospital Board 1950 - 1956 Visiting MO, Greytown Hospital, before moving to Otaki where he established a general practice. photograph courtesy Wellington Hospital photographic archive |