Baird, James Bruce

Born Otautau 21 Nov 1900 Died Wanganui 26 Feb1985
Educated at Waitaki Boys’ High School
HS / HP, Wellington Hospital 1922 – 1923
HS, Central London Thoat, Nose and Ear Hospital 1924 – 1925
HS, and Clinical Assistant, Central London Ophthalmic Hospital 1925 – 1926
HS, Sheffield Royal Infirmary 1926
HS in ENT, Swansea General and Eye Hospital, Wales 1926 – 1927
Ophthalmic Surgeon, United Free Church Mission, Bamdah, India 1927 – 1928. Here he performed 2,000 eye operations, of which 1,300 were for cataract.

Returned to NZ in 1929, setting up ophthalmology and otorhinolaryngology practice in Wellington
Honorary Visiting Eye Ear Nose and Throat Surgeon, Wellington Hospital 1930 – 1933

Honorary Visiting Eye Ear Nose and Throat Surgeon, Wanganui Hospital 1934 – 1940, (succeeding his father W S Baird in the same role)
Visiting Eye Ear Nose and Throat Surgeon, Wanganui Hospital 1940 – 1964
Visiting Ear Nose and Throat Surgeon, Wanganui Hospital 1964 – 1973

photograph courtesy Rosemary Worthington