Aitken, Robert F

Born Dunedin 8/2/ Feb 1901 Died Ohaupo 23 Nov 1996
Robert Aitken
Educated at Otago Boys’ High School
HS / HP, Sunnyside, Wanganui and Christchurch Hospitals 1924
HS / HP, Christchurch and Wanganui Hospitals 1925
Postgraduate training in Edinburgh and at Coombe Hospital, Dublin 1926
General practice in Johnsonville (formerly owned by Dr Bertram Wright) 1927 – 1937
Visiting Anaesthetist, Wellington Hospital 1936 – 1937
General practice in Hokitika, 1937 – 1943
Returned to Wellington in 1943, buying Dr Eldon Litchfield’s practice in Khandallah
Visiting Assistant Surgeon, Hutt Hospital 1944 – 1945
Retired from practice in 1966

photograph courtesy Staff Library, Hutt Valley Health