O’Regan, Rolland

Born Wellington 1 Jul 1904 Died Wellington 1 Nov 1992
Rolland ORegan
HS / HP, Wellington Hospital 1928 / 1929
Postgraduate study in England 1931 – 1933. Had appointments at the Poplar Hospital for Accidents in London, the Dreadnought Seamans’ Hospital in Greenwich, the North Western Fever Hospital, and at St Charles Hospital.
Casualty Officer, Wellington Hospital 1934
Visiting Surgeon, Wellington Hospital 1936 – 1960
Visiting Surgeon, Home of Compassion 1933 – 1963
WW2 service on a hospital ship
President of the Cancer Society
Medical Historian
Campaigner for racial equality

photograph courtesy Sir Tipene O’Regan
Obituary: NZMJ 1993 106:113