MEDICAL STAFF FOR OVERSEAS BASE HOSPITAL

New Zealand Listener, Volume 2, Issue 38, 15 March 1940, Page 3

MEDICAL STAFF FOR OVERSEAS BASE HOSPITAL

OCTORS and nurses for the D first overseas base hospital for 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force will sail with the 2nd Echelon. In making the announcement recently, the Minister of Defence, the Hon. F. Jones, stated that fully-equipped base hospitals and a convalescent depot would be established overseas so that New Zealand soldiers would be treated in their own hospitals by doctors and nurses from their own country. Mr. Jones expressed his pleasure at the splendid response by both doctors and nurses. So many had offered their services that the overseas _ hospitals would be staffed by men of the highest qualifications. Medical attention,worthy of the. highest standard in the world, would be available to men of the New Zealand Forces. It was proposed to have the general hospital so organised that it would be capable of rapid expansion, and the ‘staff would include specialists. Dental officers, dental mechanics, clerks, orderlies, and chaplains would be attached. The convalescent hospital would also be capable of expansion. Following is a list of‘ the first selection of officers to be appointed: Otticer Commanding the 1st General Hospital: Colonel A. C. McKillop, of Christchurch, formerly Assistant Director of Medical Services, Southern Military District. Previously Colonel McKillop commanded the 3rd Field Ambulance in the Territorial Forces. He had considerable experience overseas during the Great War.

Officer Commanding the Surgical Division: Lieutenant-Colonel T. D. M. Stout, D.S.0O., O.B.E., of Wellington. Colonel Stout will be the surgical specialist of the hospital He is senior honorary surgeon to the Wellington Hospital. He saw service during the last war at casualty clearing stations, and later as a surgical specialist in military hospitals. Officer Commanding the Medical Division: Lieutenant-Colonel J. R. Boyd, M.C., of Wellington. He is honorary senior physician to the Wellington Hospital. He saw service during the last war in medical units attached to the infantry and to the Mounted Rifles. Orthopedic Surgeon: Major H. K. Christie, of Wanganui. He is orthopeedic surgeon to the Wanganui Hospital. Registrar: Major L. J. Hunter, M.C., of Levin. He is an honorary assistant surgeon to the Palmerston North Hospital. During the last war he went overseas with the Australian Imperial Force, and was Deputy-Assistant Director of Medical Services, 4th Division, Australian Army Medical Corps. Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Specialist: Major J. A. Doctor, of Wellington. He saw service during the last war with the New Zealand Field Ambulance and No. 2 General Hospital. Physician: Captain A. H. Kirker, of Auckland, a consulting physician and an honorary physician to the Auckland Hospital. . Specialist in Tropical Diseases: Captain E. G. Sayers, of Auckland, consulting physician. Has had considerable ex-

perience in the treatment of tropical diseases, Physician: Captain R. D. King, of Timaru. Surgeon: Captain J. M. Clarke, of Auckland, late chief of the Division of Surgery at the Auckland Hospital. Surgeon: Captain D. G. Radcliffe, medical superintendent, Balclutha Hospital. Radiologist: Captain G. Lynch, radio therapist to the Wellington Hospital and diagnostic radiologist to Lewisham Hospital. Bacteriologist: Captain D. T. Stewart, at present pathologist and bacteriologist at the Christchurch Hospital. Medical officers the equivalent of house surgeons and house physicians in a public hospital: Lieutenant T. P. H. Neil, at present in London; Lieutenant W. L. Gilmour, late house surgeon at Auckland Hospital; Lieutenant H. M. Forman, late house surgeon at Auckland Hospital; Lieutenant F. B. Edmundson, at present in London; Lieutenant A. McFarlane, at present in London; Lieutenant E. Stevenson-Wright. Quartermaster: Lieutenant P. N. R. McDonald, ‘accountancy staff of the Taranaki Hospital. Served in the last war in a combatant unit. Dental Ofticer Attached: Lieutenant N. M. Gleeson. Chaplains: The Revs. N. E. Winhall (Church of England), R. T. Dodds (Presbyterian), and E. Forsman (Roman Catholic). Convalescent Hospital Officer . Commanding: LieutenantColonel F. Montgomery Spencer, of Wellington. He served in the last war and commanded the No. 2 Field Ambulance in the Central Military District for a considerable period.

Second in Command: Major N. F, Boag, of Blenheim. He is anesthetist to the Wairau Hospital. He will be president of the Medical Board attached to the convalescent hospital. "Major N. C. Speight, a Dunedin surgeon and a member of the Territorial Forces. Lieutenant C. S. Preston, late house surgeon at the Waikato Hospital. Lieutenant J. K. F. Watson, late house surgeon at the Waikato Hospital. Dental Officer Attached: Lieutenant W. G. Middlemass.