EMINENT SURGEON
Visit To Dominion
(N.Z.P.A.) AUCKLAND, Noy. 1. Temporary Surgeon Rear-Admiral G. Gordon-Taylor, consulting surgeon to the Royal Navy, arrived in Auckland by flying-boat from Sydney to visit hospitals and naval establishments. He was met on arrival by the naval officer in charge at Auckland, Commodore Dowding, and the Director of Naval Medical Services. Surgeon-Cap-tain H. K. Corkill. Rear-Admiral Gordon-Taylor, who is president of the Royal Society of Medicine. has been consulting surgeon to the Middlesex Hospital for more than 30 years. He holds a large number of posts in Britain, among them being those of surgeon to St. Saviour’s Hospital and to the Royal Scottish Hospital and Corporation. He is also consulting surgeon to the emergency medical service. He was appointed consulting surgeon to the Roval Navy at the outbreak of war in 1939. Rear-Admiral Gordon-Taylor served in Britain for most of the war. He went to Russia in 1943 to visit hospitals and the Russian front.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/THD19451102.2.51
Bibliographic details
Timaru Herald, Volume CLVIII, Issue 23347, 2 November 1945, Page 4
Word Count
159EMINENT SURGEON Timaru Herald, Volume CLVIII, Issue 23347, 2 November 1945, Page 4
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Timaru Herald. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in