MacDonald, William James   
MA Hons Classics (St Andrews), MB ChB (St Andrews), FRCS (Edin),
DLO (Lond)
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Born Dundee, Scotland 1890    Died Wellington 1953

MA Hons Classics (St Andrews) 1910, MB ChB (St Andrews) 1915, FRCS (Edin) 1926, DLO (Lond) 1927

HS, Dundee Royal Infirmary 1916 (6 months)
Resigned to join the RAMC, serving in France until early 1919
Later in 1919 he came to NZ

HS, Auckland Hospital 1920/21, including ENT
In 1921 he joined his brother-in-law Dr Robert Bryson & his sister, Dr Elizabeth Bryson in practice, a combination of general practice and surgery

Postgraduate training in London & Edinburgh 1925
Central London Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital 1927

Returned to NZ to practice in Wellington as an ENT specialist
Honorary Visiting ENT Surgeon, Wellington Hospital 1927 - 1939
Visiting ENT Surgeon, Wellington Hospital 1940 - 1951

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William MacDonald

Obituary: NZMJ 1953 52:295

photograph courtesy
J O Mercer collection