WELLINGTON HOSPITAL HISTORY
Corkill, Thomas F
Thomas Frederick CORKILL CMG MC & bar, Croix de GuerreMB ChB (Edin) 1915, MD (Edin) 1920, MRCP (Edin) 1920, MRCOG 1934, FRCOG 1937, FRCP (Edin) 1952
Born Manly, Sydney 18 Nov 1893 Died Wellington 4 Dec 1965
Thomas Corkill
Educated at Wellington College, Victoria and Edinburgh Universities
Service with the RAMC 1915 – 1919
HS, Royal Infirmary Edinburgh 1919
RMO, Simpson Maternity Pavilion, Edinburgh 1919
RMO, Norfolk and Norwich Hospitals 1920
Returned to Wellington 1921, setting up a general practice at 319 Willis Street.
Honorary Physician, Wellington Children’s Hospital 1922 – 1934
Resigned from Wellington Hospital in 1934 after unwarranted criticism by a Board member, and thereafter, he confined his practice to obstetrics.
Honorary Physician, Karitane Hospital 1927 – 1933
Honorary Physician, Alexandra Maternity Hospital 1922 – 1943
photograph courtesy J O Mercer collection