Obituary

Press, Volume CIV, Issue 30818, 2 August 1965, Page 5

Obituary

DR. L. A. LEWIS Dr. Lionel Arthur Lewis, a well-known eye specialist, died at his home in Nelson recently. He was 82. Born in Te Awamutu, Dr. Lewis was the youngest son of Henry Lewis, a colourful personality at the time of the Maori wars.

He was educated at King’s School, Auckland, and at Auckland University College, iand later entered the EdinI burgh Medical School, where he qualified as a doctor in 1910. Until 1914, Dr. Lewis worked at St. George’s Hospital, London. Later he served in France with the British Army, and in 1916 he was posted to the Northwest Frontier. In India, Dr. Lewis developed his interest in eye surgery. He worked with such famous men as Sir Henry Holland and performed many eye operations. However, he contracted malaria and had to return to England. In 1923, Dr. Lewis returned to New Zealand to recuperate. He was successively medical superintendent at the Pukeora Sanatorium, Waipukurau, the Waikato Hospital and the King George V Hospital, Rotorua.

After eight years in Rotorua Dr. Lewis returned to London, where he qualified as an eye specialist. In 1936 he began practice in Nelson. Towards the end of the Second World War he moved to Christchurch for family reasons, and remained here for six years. He then returned to Nelson and remained in practice until his retirement in 1960. Dr. Lewis is survived by his wife and five children. MR R. J. MOORE Mr Ronald James Moore, who for more than 30 years had been a well-known figure in New Zealand scouting circles, died suddenly in Christchurch yesterday morning. He was 49. Born and educated in Christchurch, Mr Moore worked for 37 years for Lichfield (New Zealand) Ltd., where he became company secretary. Mr Moore was dominion headquarters commissioner for wolf cubs, and about two years ago he was appointed area commissioner of scouting for Canterbury and Westland. He was also chairman of the Dominion executive of the Boy Scouts Association of New Zealand and represented the scouts on the youth committee of the National Council of Churches. Last year he visited the Antarctic as a guest of RearAdmiral J. R. Reedy, commander of the United States Navy Antarctic support force. Mr Moore was vice-president of the Canterbury division of the New Zealand Institute of Management, president of the Canterbury branch of the Chartered Institute of Secretaries, and president of the Executive Management Club. He is survived by his wife and a son.