William Henry Blinman BULL CBE   
MB ChB (NZ) FRCS (Edin) FRACS
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Born Napier 19.05.1897    Died Wellington 15.03.1976

MB ChB (NZ) 1924, FRCS (Edin) 1926, FRACS 1955; CBE 1950

HS, Wellington Hospital 1924
HS, Derbyshire General Hospital 1925/26

Honorary clinical assistant, Wellington Hospital 1928
Honorary Surgeon, Wellington Hospital 1930 - 1939

ADMS, Central Military District 1939.  Served with 2nd NZEF in Egypt, Greece & Crete, and became a POW 1941 - 1945
In 1947, succeeded Sir Fred Bowerbank as DGMS Army and Air, remaining in this post until retiring in 1954

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Blin Bull

Obituary: NZMJ 1976 83:334

photograph courtesy
NZ Medical Journal