MEDICAL PROFESSION

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 21946, 14 February 1946, Page 8

MEDICAL PROFESSION

GOVERNOR’S TRIBUTE SERVICE IN FORCES (P.A.) AUCKLAND, Feb. 13. The recent knighthood conferred on Major-General Sir Fred Bowerbank had been a tribute to the whole of the medical profession in New Zealand, said the Governor-General, Sir Cyril Newall, at the opening of the annual conference of the British’Medical Association in Auckland. His Excellency paid a tribute to the service rendered to the men in the forces by medical men from New Zealand during the war. Their service had been magnificent, he said, and had won the admiration of all countries. The nursing services were included in this tribute. Details of the service of medical men with the armed forces were placed on record by Brigadier H. S. Kenrick in a brief address following the official opening. From 1939 until last year, he said. 650 New Zealand medical men had served with the three armed services. Of these, 525 had given service overseas, which, in turn, threw a greater burden on those who remained in New Zealand. Fifteen had been killed or had died on service, 13 had been wounded, and 31 became prisoners of war.

The roll of honour was read and members stood in silence in respect to the memory of those who had died.