Corkill, Harold K

Born Wellington 21 Nov 1899 Died Wellington 8 Aug 1954
H K Corkill
WW1 service 1917-1919, Lieutenant RFA (enlisted after one term at Edinburgh University Medical School)
Went to USA & Canada in 1923-24.
Assistant in Surgery, Washington University
Assistant Surgeon, Barnes Hospital, St. Louis under Evarts Graham. Here, he developed an interest in neurosurgery
Tutor in Clinical Surgery, Edinburgh University 1924-25
Honorary Visiting Assistant Surgeon, Wellington Hospital 1926 – 1936
Honorary Visiting Senior Surgeon, Wellington Hospital 1936 – 1940
MO, RNVR 1931 – 1943. Served with the RNZNVR 1943 – 1946
For nearly 1 year, 1943-1944, he was one of 3 surgeons providing a neurosurgical service to the RN and RAF
Visiting Senior Surgeon, Wellington Hospital 1940-1954

photograph courtesy J O Mercer collection
Obituary: NZMJ 1954 53:530 BMJ 1954 2:473 2:543