OBITUARY

Waikato Times, Volume 128, Issue 21370, 14 March 1941, Page 7

OBITUARY

DEATH OF SURGEON MR W. C. McCAW (By Telegraph.—Special to Times) AUCKLAND, Friday The death occurred suddenly yesterday at his home in Mount Eden Road of Mr William Cuthbert McCaw, a leading Auckland orthopaedic surgeon and chairman of the honorary staff of the Auckland Hospital. Mr McCaw, who was aged 51, had been in practice in Auckland for nearly 20 years. He obtained his bachelor’s degrees in medicine and surgery at Otago University in 1912, and took up practice at Ohaewai, Bay of Islands. In July, 1915, he was granted a captain’s commission in the New Zealand Medical Corps, and posted to the hospital ship Maheno, in which he served until early in 1916.

Later, he was for a long period on the staff of No. 2 New Zealand General Hospital at Walton-on-Thames, and was mentioned by the Secretary of State for War for valuable services in the United Kingdom. He was granted the diploma of F.R.C.S., Edinburgh, in 1916. After returning to New Zealand Mr McCaw was attached to the King George V Military Hospital, Rotorua, and also carried cn orthopaedic work in the military annexe to the Auckland Hospital. On the establishment of the War Pensions Appeal Board he was nominated by the New Zealand Returned Soldiers’ Association as its representative on the board for the Auckland district. This position he held continuously for 17 years until his retirement in 1940. A member of the Auckland Golf Club, Mr McCaw was also a keen angler. He is survived by his wife and two daughters.