Born Wellington 6/5/1891    Died Leeston, Canterbury 24/1/1959

Educated at Wanganui Collegiate and Wellington College
Initially studied law at Victoria University College, but did not complete the LLB

MB ChB (NZ) 1919

HS, Wellington Hospital 1919

He was living in Auckland in the early 1920s
Practised in Tauranga 1922 - 1925, before moving back to Wellington in 1925

Honorary Physician, Wellington Hospital 1926 - 1933
Worked as ship's doctor on the RMS Maunganui, on the San Fransisco run 1933

In 1935, moved to Leeston, where he remained in private (Lodge) practice for the next 24 years