John Oubridge MERCER CBE OStJ   
MB ChB (NZ), FRACP, FRCP (Lond), MCPA, FRCPA
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Born Halifax 1/4/1905    Died Wellington 30/12/1971

MB ChB (NZ) 1929, MRCP (Lond) 1931, FRACP 1938, FRCP (Lond) 1958, MCPA 1965, FRCPA 1968

Assistant Pathologist, Wellington Hospital 1931 - 1935
Pathologist, Wellington Hospital 1935 - 1959
Director of Pathology, Wellington Hospital 1959 - 1970

External Examiner in Pathology, University of Otago 1941 - 1962
Editor NZMJ 1939 - 1967
Chairman, Council, NZ br BMA 1949 - 1950;   President 1965 - 1966
Chairman, NZ Medical Council 1964 - 1969

Deputy Medical Superintendent, Wellington Hospital 1941 - 1945
Acting Medical Superintendent-in-Chief, Wellington Hospital Board 1945, 1950, 1955-56, and 1957

Sub-Dean, Wellington Branch Faculty 1944 - 1961

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Obituary: NZMJ 1972 75:115  /   BMJ 1972 1:754

photograph courtesy
Dominion Post Collection
PAColl-7327-2
Alexander Turnbull Library
Wellington ref: EP/1970/1538