Robert Finlay AITKEN   
MB ChB (NZ), MRCP (Edin), FRCS (Edin)
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Born Dunedin 8/2/1901    Died Ohaupo 23/11/1996

Educated at Otago Boys' High School

MB ChB (NZ) 1924, MRCP (Edin) 1926, FRCS (Edin) 1926

HS / HP, Sunnyside, Wanganui and Christchurch Hospitals 1924
HS / HP, Christchurch and Wanganui Hospitals 1925

Postgraduate training in Edinburgh and at Coombe Hospital, Dublin 1926

General practice in Johnsonville (formerly owned by Dr Bertram Wright) 1927 - 1937
Visiting Anaesthetist, Wellington Hospital 1936 - 1937

General practice in Hokitika, 1937 - 1943
Returned to Wellington in 1943, buying Dr Eldon Litchfield's practice in Khandallah
Visiting Assistant Surgeon, Hutt Hospital 1944 - 1945
Retired from practice in 1966

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photograph courtesy
Staff Library, Hutt Valley Health