Richard Thomas ALDRIDGE   
MB ChB (NZ) FRCS (Edin) FRCS (Eng) FRACS
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Born Auckland 18/6/1930    Died Wellington 27/7/1999

Educated at Palmerston North Boys' High School, Victoria and Otago Universities

MB ChB (NZ) 1953, FRCS (Edin) 1958, FRCS (Eng) 1959, FRACS 1961

HS / HP, Wellington Hospital 1954 - 1955
RMO, Stratford Hospital 1956
Orthopaedic Registrar, Wellington Hospital 1956 - 1957
Surgical Registrar, Wellington Hospital 1957
Surgical Registrar, Hastings Hospital 1958
Surgical Registrar, Barnet General Hospital 1959
Surgical Registrar, University College Hospital, London 1960

Senior Admitting and Casualty Medical Officer, Wellington Hospital 30/9/1960-1961
Surgical Tutor, Wellington Hospital 1962-63

Whole-time Surgeon (general and paediatric), Wellington Hospital 1964-1969.  
Three months study-leave at the Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne in 1967
Pioneer work in surgery for Hirschprung's Disease
Visiting Surgeon, Wellington Hospital1968-1989

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Richard Aldridge

Obituary: NZMJ 2000 113:21

photograph courtesy
Joan Aldridge