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WELLINGTON HOSPITAL HISTORY

Joseph, Edward G

Edward Gordon JOSEPH

MB ChB (Edin) 1918, MRCS (Eng) LRCP (Lond) 1918, MS (Minnesota) 1921

Born Wellington 21 Sep 1894 Died Israel 3 Mar 1982
Edward Joseph
Educated at Wanganui Collegiate
Began medical studies in Dunedin, completing them in Edinburgh
During WW1 served with NZ Mounted Rifles; wounded at Gallipoli
Postgraduate studies in London and in Minnesota
Returned to NZ in 1923. Lived in Karori.
Honorary assistant Physician, Wellington Hospital 1924 – 1925
Honorary assistant Urologist, Wellington Hospital 1926 – 1927
Emigrated to Jerusalem in 1928, joining the staff of Hadassah Hospital
Head of Surgery, Hadassah Hospital 1930 – 1960

photograph courtesy Hanan Joseph