SURGEON'S DEATH.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 102, 1 May 1936, Page 3

SURGEON'S DEATH.

MR. KEITH STUART MACKY. AUCKLAND HOSPITAL LOSS. Mr. Keith Macky, whose death has occurred, was a well-known. Auckland surgeon, who specialised in orthopaedic and physio-therapy work. He was in charge of that particular branch, at the Auckland Hospital, and was also engaged in private practice. Mr. Macky was a member of the honorary consulting staff of the hospital, and at yesterday's meeting of the Hospital Board the chairman, Mr. W. Wallace, made reference to his death. Mr. Macky had been associated with the board since 1922, he said, and had done excellent work during the last serious epidemic of infantile paralysis, when the children's hospital was overflowing with, patients.

Speaking on behalf of the staff, Dr. J. W. Craven, medical superintendent of the hospital, said Mr. Macky had been of great assistance to the board, and many had cause to look upon him as a friend, the crippled children especially. Mr. Macky, who was 47 years of age, was a soil of Mr. Thomas Macky, and was educated at the Devonport primary school and the Auckland Grammar School. Later he attended Glasgow University, where he took his medical degrees. At the outbreak of the war he joined the R.A.M.C. and saw service in Mesopotamia. He was later transferred to the New Zealand Medical Corps, and went with that unit through the fighting on various fronts. At the cpnclusion of the war he attended Liverpool University, "where he qualified as a specialist in orthopaedic surgery. On returning to New Zealand he practised in Auckland, and had a very high reputation for his skill in difficult operations. He always took a keen interest in sport. As a young man he played at half-back for the Auckland Grammar Old Boys' Rugby team. He was a member of the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron, a player of bowls with distinction, and while in Scotland he won the West of Scotland singles tennis championship.

Mr. Macky is survived by his wife, who was Miss Nancy Ray, of Lochiel, Scotland, and five children, four girls and a boy. A brother, Mr. Roy Macky, was killed in the war, and two brothers, Mr. N. L. Macky and Mr. Bruce Macky, and two sisters, Mrs. John Hellaby and Mrs. E. Smelling, and his father, Mr. T. Macky, also survive him.