Born Wellington 21/11/1899    Died Wellington 8/8/1954

MB ChB hons (Edin) 1922, FRCS (Edin) 1925, FRACS 1932

WW1 service 1917-1919, Lieutenant RFA (enlisted after one term at Edinburgh University Medical School)

Went to USA & Canada in 1923-24.
Assistant in Surgery, Washington University
Assistant Surgeon, Barnes Hospital, St. Louis under Evarts Graham.  Here, he developed an interest in neurosurgery
Tutor in Clinical Surgery, Edinburgh University 1924-25

Honorary Visiting Assistant Surgeon, Wellington Hospital 1926 - 1936
Honorary Visiting Senior Surgeon, Wellington Hospital 1936 - 1940

MO, RNVR 1931 - 1943.  Served with the RNZNVR 1943 - 1946
For nearly 1 year, 1943-1944, he was one of 3 surgeons providing a neurosurgical service to the RN and RAF

Visiting Senior Surgeon, Wellington Hospital 1940-1954

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