Sir James Sands Elliott KBE MB ChB (Edin), MD (Edin), FACS, FRACS, LLD Hon (Aber)
Born Randalstown, Co Antrim 28.05.1880 Died Wellington 26.10.1959 Came to NZ as a young lad. Educated at Wellington Colege and Otago University, before proceeding to Edinburgh University to complete his medical studies. MB ChB (Edin) 1902, MD (Edin) 1912, FACS 1926, FRACS 1927, LLD Hon (Aber) Appointed House Surgeon, Wellington Hospital in 1903 - the Hospitals first such appointment. Honorary Visiting Surgeon, Wellington Hospital 1914 - 1928 Knighted in 1936 Click the image to view detail in a larger version.
Obituary: NZMJ 1959 58:801	photograph courtesy J O Mercer collection

Sir James Sands Elliott KBE
MB ChB (Edin), MD (Edin), FACS, FRACS, LLD Hon (Aber)

Born Randalstown, Co Antrim 28.05.1880 Died Wellington 26.10.1959

Came to NZ as a young lad. Educated at Wellington Colege and Otago University, before proceeding to Edinburgh University to complete his medical studies.

MB ChB (Edin) 1902, MD (Edin) 1912, FACS 1926, FRACS 1927, LLD Hon (Aber)

Appointed House Surgeon, Wellington Hospital in 1903 - the Hospitals first such appointment.
Honorary Visiting Surgeon, Wellington Hospital 1914 - 1928

Knighted in 1936

Click the image to view detail in a larger version.

Obituary: NZMJ 1959 58:801

photograph courtesy
J O Mercer collection