Slater, Alfred N

Born Dunedin 13 Nov 1900 Died Wellington 5 Dec 1975
Alf Slater
Educated at Otago Boys’ High School, Otago University
HS, Wellington Hospital 1923 – 1924
Locum GP, New Plymouth 1925
General Practice in Otaki 1926 – 1928
General Practice in Island Bay 1928 – 1939
Visiting Anaesthetist, Wellington Hospital 1930 – 1939
WW2 service in Egypt and Greece; POW 1942 – 1943
Post-war, restricted his practice to anaesthesia
Senior Visiting Anaesthestist, Wellington Hospital 1944 – 1962, and he was Director of Anaesthesia from 1953 – 1961
First NZ Board Member, Faculty of Anaesthetists, RACS 1952 – 1955
President, NZ Society of Anaesthetists 1955 – 1957
Life Member, NZ Society of Anaesthetists 1969

Obituary: NZMJ 1976 83:90

photograph courtesy NZMJ