Harty, Garnet W

Born Dunedin 1880 Died Wanganui 23 Jan 1949
Educated at Otago Boys’ High School
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One year at Otago University before proceeding to Edinburgh University
Resident appointments at the Bristol Eye Hospital (working under Richardson Cross), and The Nose and Throat Hospital in Golden Square, London
Commenced practice in Wellington 1907
Honorary Visiting Ophthalmic Surgeon, Wellington Hospital 1908 – 1940
Responsible in large part for the establishment of a special department for Diseases of the Eye, Ear Nose & Throat
Visiting Ophthalmic Surgeon, Wellington Hospital 1940 – 41
Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon, 1941 – 1947
Retired to Wanganui because of declining health

photograph courtesy J O Mercer collection
Obituary: NZMJ 1949 48:217 Transactions of the Ophthalmology Society of NZ 1949 1:89