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WELLINGTON HOSPITAL HISTORY

Barclay, William J

William John BARCLAY

BA (NZ) 1895, MB ChB (Edin) 1899, MD (Edin) 1902, FRCS (Edin) 1902, DPH RCP&S (Edin) & FacP&S (Glas) 1902, FRACS 1930

Born Papkura Valley, near Manurewa 1874 Died Invercargill 25 Apr 1967
W Barclay
Educated at Auckland Grammar School, Auckland and Edinburgh Universities
Temporary Superintendent, Queen Victoria Hospital, Southland 1904, followed by relieving posts in Thames and other Nth Island towns.
Medical Superintendent, Queen Victoria Hospital 1907 – 1914
Medical Superintendent, Wellington Hospital 1915 – 1916
MO, Hospital ship ‘Maheno’ 1916 – 1918
Private surgical practice in Invercargill 1919 – 1947
Visiting Surgeon, Southland Hospital

Obituary: NZMJ 1967 66:403
photograph courtesy NZMJ