Born Dannevirke 16 Feb 1909 Died Raumati Beach 23 Jun 1988
Educated at St Patrick;s College, Wellington HS, Wellington Hospital 1937 - 1938 Established general practice in Newtown in 1939 In 1940, he sailed with the NZMC 2NZEF, and saw service in Greece and Crete. Captured and spent time in a German prisoner of war camp. Volunteered while there to go to a Russian prisoner of war camp where an outbreak of typhus had occurred. Post-war went to England and completed his anaesthetic training in Oxford. Returned to NZ in 1948, and resumed general practice in Newtown Visiting Anaesthetist, Wellington Hospital 1939 - 1951 Retired from general practice in 1982 photograph courtesy NZMJObituary: NZMJ 1988 101:675 |