ARMY MEDICAL SERVICE.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 17 October 1924, Page 2

ARMY MEDICAL SERVICE.

NEW DIRECTOR, APPOINTED. COLONEL TRACEY INGLIS. Colonel R.. Tracey Inglis, of Auckland, has accepted the offer of the appointment to the post of DirectorGeneral of Medical Services, rendered vacant bjr the resignation of MajorGeneral Sir Donald M ( Gavin (says the Taranaki Herald's Auckland correspondent). Lieut.-Colon el J. Hardie Neil. D. 5.0., Croix de Guerre, will succeed Colonel Tracey Inglis in his present position of Assistant-Director of Medical Services in the Northern Command.

Colonel Tracey Inglis has been in meuical practice in Auckland since 1899, _ and for many years has been prominent in the defence service and circles. Indeed, his military activities cover a period of thirty years, partly in Melbourne with the Victorian Artillery, but mostly in New Zealand. Colonel Tracey Inglis was on active service in the World War. lie was operating surgeon on the first hospital ship, the Maheno, later on the Mara,nut in the siune capacity and was in command of the troops on the Maheno. While in England he was president of the Medical Mobilisation Board of London. Born ip Glasgow 50 years ago, Dr. Tracey Inglis spent most of his boyhood and youth in Melbourne, where he was educated at the Church of England Grammar School and at the Melbourne University. It is interesting to note that his appointment to the position of Director-General of Medical Services for the Dominion is the first to be made outside Wellington. The new Director-General will have his headquarters in Auckland, where he will continue the practice of his profession. Lieut.-Colouel Hardie Neil, the new Assistant-Director of Medical Services in the Auckland district, is also a well-known practitioner. In addition to three year's’ service in the South African War, this popular medical officer was on active service in France, Belgium and Egypt from 1916 to 1919, obtaining the D. 5.0., Belgian Croix tie Guerre, and frequent mention •in dispatches.