Thomas Frederick CORKILL CMG  MC & bar, Croix de Guerre

MB ChB (Edin) 1915, MD (Edin) 1920, MRCP (Edin) 1920, MRCOG 1934, FRCOG 1937, FRCP (Edin) 1952

Born Manly, Sydney 18 Nov 1893                       Died Wellington 4 Dec 1965

Thomas Corkill

Educated at Wellington College, Victoria and Edinburgh Universities

Service with the RAMC 1915 - 1919

HS, Royal Infirmary Edinburgh 1919

RMO, Simpson Maternity Pavilion, Edinburgh 1919

RMO, Norfolk and Norwich Hospitals 1920

 

Returned to Wellington 1921, setting up a general practice at 319 Willis Street.

Honorary Physician, Wellington Children's Hospital 1922 - 1934

Resigned from Wellington Hospital in 1934 after unwarranted criticism by a Board member, and thereafter, he confined his practice to obstetrics.

 

Honorary Physician, Karitane Hospital 1927 - 1933

Honorary Physician, Alexandra Maternity Hospital 1922 - 1943

 

photograph courtesy J O Mercer collection

Obituary: NZMJ 1966 65:47

Last updated 29 October 2016.