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Asset Name:
E009378 - Watson, Stanley Henry (1924 - 2017)
Title:
Watson, Stanley Henry (1924 - 2017)
Author:
Sarah Gillam
Identifier:
RCS: E009378
Publisher:
London : Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date:
2017-11-02

2020-07-02
Description:
Obituary for Watson, Stanley Henry (1924 - 2017), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Language:
English
Source:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Full Name:
Watson, Stanley Henry
Date of Birth:
1 December 1924
Place of Birth:
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Date of Death:
14 July 2017
Occupation:
Titles/Qualifications:
MB BS Melbourne 1948

FRCS 1951

FRCS (Urol) 1957

FRACS 1959
Details:
Stanley Henry Watson, known as Stan, was a consultant urologist at the Royal Perth Hospital, Western Australia. He was born in Melbourne, Victoria on 1 December 1924. His father, Henry Edward Watson, was an accountant; his mother was Sophia Anne Watson née Hester. He studied medicine at the University of Melbourne and qualified in 1948. He held junior posts in Melbourne and then went to the UK to study for the FRCS while working in Nottingham. He returned to Australia, but then decided to specialise in urology and went back to the UK in 1955 for further training. He was a registrar in the urological unit at Cardiff Royal Infirmary, where he worked with Richard Mogg, and obtained his FRCS in urology in 1957. He returned to Australia, to Perth, where he entered private practice with Eric Kyle. He was also appointed to the urology unit at the Royal Perth Hospital (in 1957) and to the Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital (in 1961) and the Repatriation Hospital (in 1966). He retired in 1989. He was a member of the Royal Australian Naval Reserve and served in the Korean War. He held the rank of surgeon lieutenant. In 1952, he married Jill D Wilford in Nottingham. They had two boys and two girls. Stanley Henry Watson died on 14 July 2017. He was 92.
Sources:
Government of Western Australia Department of Health South Metropolitan Health Service Royal Perth Hospital Emeritus Consultant biographies volume one p.52 www.kemh.health.wa.gov.au/~/media/Files/Hospitals/RPH/About%20us/History/emeritus-consultant-biographies-vol-1.pdf – accessed 12 May 2020
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Copyright (c) The Royal College of Surgeons of England
Collection:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
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Obituary
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Root/Lives of the Fellows/E009000-E009999/E009300-E009399
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