Eardley Lorimer BUTTON OBE CBE   
MB ChB (NZ) FRCS (Edin) FRCS (Eng) FRACS
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Born London 9.03.1903    Died Wellington 6.05.1982

Educated in NZ

MB ChB (NZ) 1925, FRCS (Edin) 1928, FRCS (Eng) 1931, FRACS 1937

HS/HP, Wellington Hospital 1926/27

Honorary Assistant Surgeon, Wellington Hospital 1932 - 1936
Honorary Senior Surgeon, Wellington Children's Hospital 1936 - 1940
    assisted by Keith Bridge

Served with NZMC in Egypt and Italy 1940 - 1944

Visiting Surgeon, Wellington Hospital 1945 - 1963
In 1952, travelled to the Brompton Hospital for postgraduate study into thoracic surgery.

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E L Button

Obituary: NZMJ 1982 95:394

photograph courtesy
S P Andrew Collection
Alexander Turnbull Library
Wellington, NZ ref:F 18621-1/1