Educated at the University of Otago, where he also received his professional training, which was completed at the London Hospital. He was at one time Resident Medical and Surgical Officer at the Royal Hospital for Sick Children and Women at Bristol, and then entered the service of the Rajah of Sarawak and was Surgeon to the Gejijak Hospital. In 1915 he took a temporary commission as Lieutenant in the RAMC, and was promoted to Captain in 1916. He died on board the s.s. *Moqhilea* in the Red Sea on July 22nd, 1920, and was buried at sea in the Gulf of Suez. Publications: "Latent Dysentery, or Dysentery Carriers in Sarawak." - *Brit. Med. Jour.*, 1914, ii, 118. "Further Investigations into Latent Dysentery and Intestinal Parasitism in Sarawak." - *Ibid.*, 1915, ii, 89.