Thomas Frederick CORKILL CMG, MC & bar, Croix de Guerre   
MB ChB (Edin), MD (Edin), FRCOG, FRCP (Edin)
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Born Manly, Sydney 18/11/1893    Died Wellington 4/12/1965

Educated at Wellington College, Victoria and Edinburgh Universities

MB ChB (Edin) 1915, MD (Edin) 1920, MRCP (Edin) 1920, MRCOG 1934, FRCOG 1937, FRCP (Edin) 1952

Service with the RAMC 1915 - 1919
HS, Royal Infirmary Edinburgh 1919
RMO, Simpson Maternity Pavilion, Edinburgh 1919
RMO, Norfolk and Norwich Hospitals 1920
Returned to Wellington 1921, setting up a general practice at 319 Willis Street.

Honorary Physician, Wellington Children's Hospital 1922 - 1934
Resigned from Wellington Hospital in 1934 after unwarranted criticism by a Board member, and thereafter, he confined his practice to obstetrics.
Honorary Physician, Karitane Hospital 1927 - 1933
Honorary Physician, Alexandra Maternity Hospital 1922 - 1943

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Obituary: NZMJ 1966 65:47

photograph courtesy
J O Mercer collection
Wellington