Messent, Derrick Orry Hunt (1922 - 2017)
by
Sarah Gillam
Asset Name
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E009361 - Messent, Derrick Orry Hunt (1922 - 2017)
Title
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Messent, Derrick Orry Hunt (1922 - 2017)
Author
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Sarah Gillam
Identifier
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RCS: E009361
Publisher
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London : Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date
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2017-07-12
2020-07-02
Subject
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Medical Obituaries
Description
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Obituary for Messent, Derrick Orry Hunt (1922 - 2017), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Language
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English
Source
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Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Full Name
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Messent, Derrick Orry Hunt
Date of Birth
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19 June 1922
Date of Death
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1 January 2017
Occupation
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Military surgeon
Titles/Qualifications
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MB BS Sydney 1946
FRCS 1964
Details
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Colonel Derrick Orry Hunt Messent was a surgeon in the RAMC. He was born on 19 June 1922. He studied medicine at Sydney University, qualified in 1946 and gained his FRCS in 1964.
He wrote a joint paper on spontaneous rupture of the oesophagus (‘Spontaneous rupture of the oesophagus with unusual features’ *Postgrad Med J* 1967 Sep;43[503]:614-8) and another on trauma life support training (‘Animal cadaveric models for advanced trauma life support training’ *Ann R Coll Surg Engl*1990 Mar;72[2]:135-9). He retired in 2002 and lived in Teignmouth in Devon.
In 1958, he married Sarah E Byrne. Derrick Orry Hunt Messent died on 1 January 2017. He was 94.
Rights
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Copyright (c) The Royal College of Surgeons of England
Collection
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Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Format
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Obituary
Format
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Asset
Asset Path
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Root/Lives of the Fellows/E009000-E009999/E009300-E009399
URL for File
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381544
Media Type
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Unknown