Leslie Gordon AUSTIN   
MB ChB (NZ)
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Born Lyttleton 1888    Died Wellington 19/8/1963

Educated in Lyttleton and at Christchurch Boys' High School
Initially trained as a teacher, and taught for some years becoming Headmaster of South Loburn School, Canterbury
Commenced medical studies at Otago in 1919

MB ChB (NZ) 1924

HS, Kawakawa and Timaru Hospitals, and assistant at the Cashmere Sanitorium

Came to Wellington in 1926, establishing a large practice

Honorary Physician, Wellington Children's Hospital 1926 - 1928

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Obituary: NZMJ 1963 62:628

photograph courtesy
S P Andrew collection
Alexander Turnbull Library
Wellington, NZ ref:F- 18631-1/1