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WELLINGTON HOSPITAL HISTORY

Benham, Philip B

Philip Blaxland BENHAM

MB ChB (NZ) 1915

Born 30 Jan 1892 Died Lower Hutt 1985
Philip Benham
WW1 service
Practised in Cambridge (1923), Ohura (1924 – 1926) and in Pleasant Point (1927 – 1936), before moving to Wellington in 1936
Senior Admitting Medical Officer, Wellington Hospital, December 1937 – 1942
WW2 service with NZMC, in the Pacific in 1943. Appointed A/ADMS, CMD July 1944.
Medical Superintendent, Silverstream Hospital 1944 – 1952
Director of Clinical Services, Wellington Hospital 1/2/1952 – 1959

photograph courtesy Wellington Hospital archives