Sir Donald Johnstone McGAVIN DSO CMG KBE MRCS (Eng) LRCP (Lond), MB (Lond), MD (Lond), FRCS (Eng), FRACS, FACS
Born Chatham, Kent 19.08.1876 Died Wellington 8.05.1960 MRCS (Eng) LRCP (Lond) 1899, MB (Lond) 1900, MD (Lond) 1901, FRCS (Eng) 1904, FRACS 1927, FACS Trained at Mason University College, Birmingham, and at the London Hospital. Gold Medal for Medicine Served as a surgeon in the South African war. Came to NZ after the war to practice in Hawkes Bay. Returned to the UK for postgraduate study in 1904, and on return to NZ, settled in Wellington. Honorary Visiting Surgeon, Wellington Hospital 1910-1915 WW1 service. Awarded DSO in 1917. DGMS NZ Forces 1919 - 1924. Knighted in 1921 Honorary Consultant Surgeon, Wellington Hospital 1925 - 1939 Click the image to view detail in a larger version.
Obituary: NZMJ 1960 59:148 / BMJ 1960 1:1576	photograph courtesy J O Mercer collection

Sir Donald Johnstone McGAVIN DSO CMG KBE
MRCS (Eng) LRCP (Lond), MB (Lond), MD (Lond), FRCS (Eng), FRACS, FACS

Born Chatham, Kent 19.08.1876 Died Wellington 8.05.1960

MRCS (Eng) LRCP (Lond) 1899, MB (Lond) 1900, MD (Lond) 1901, FRCS (Eng) 1904, FRACS 1927, FACS

Trained at Mason University College, Birmingham, and at the London Hospital. Gold Medal for Medicine
Served as a surgeon in the South African war.

Came to NZ after the war to practice in Hawkes Bay.
Returned to the UK for postgraduate study in 1904, and on return to NZ, settled in Wellington.

Honorary Visiting Surgeon, Wellington Hospital 1910-1915
WW1 service.

Awarded DSO in 1917. DGMS NZ Forces 1919 - 1924. Knighted in 1921

Honorary Consultant Surgeon, Wellington Hospital 1925 - 1939

Click the image to view detail in a larger version.

Obituary: NZMJ 1960 59:148 / BMJ 1960 1:1576

photograph courtesy
J O Mercer collection