Eardley Lorimer BUTTON  OBE  CBE

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

Born London 9 Mar 1903                               Died Wellington 6 May 1982

Eardley Button

Educated in NZ

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.

 

 

Obituary: NZMJ 1982 95:394

 

 

 

photograph courtesy S P Andrew collection, Alexander Turnbull Library
Last updated 29 October 2016.