Perkins, A Temple

Born Islington, London 1857 Died Wellington 21 Sep 1921
Medical training at Guy’s Hospital
Assistant Surgeon, Royal Navy. Arrived in NZ as Ship’s Surgeon on the SS Aorangi
First registered as a medical practitioner in NZ 28 Aug 1886
Initially practised in Patea for 9 years. Public Vaccinator for Waverley and for Patea 1887
Surgeon, Patea Hospital 1887 – 1895
Then visited England before returning to NZ, setting up practice in Newtown in 1896.
Honorary Physician, Wellington Hospital 1900 – 1904

Obituary: NZMJ 1921 20:303
cartoon courtesy Truth newspaper, 1917