Collins, C Thomas

Born Auckland 28 Apr 1915 Died Wellington 8 Nov 2004
C T Collins
HS / HP, Wellington Hospital 1940/41
Served with NZ army & air force 1941-1945
HS Wellington Hospital 1945 – 1946
Postgraduate study 1947-1949: The London Hospital, Guys Hospital, the Royal Cancer Hospital.
Relief Surgical Officer, Wellington Hospital June – December 1949
Visiting Surgeon, Wellington Hospital 1951-1980. Assistant to Keith Bridge in Ward 26 until Keith’s retirement in 1963; thereafter senior status with Alan Morgan joining him as assistant.
In private practice, operated mainly at Calvary Hospital. Early on in his private practice, assisted David Whyte.

photograph courtesy C T Collins