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Asset Name:
E007420 - Leitch, David Stanley (1923 - 1988)
Title:
Leitch, David Stanley (1923 - 1988)
Author:
Royal College of Surgeons of England
Identifier:
RCS: E007420
Publisher:
London : Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date:
2015-06-08
Description:
Obituary for Leitch, David Stanley (1923 - 1988), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Language:
English
Source:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Full Name:
Leitch, David Stanley
Date of Birth:
9 January 1923
Place of Birth:
Leeton, New South Wales, Australia
Date of Death:
18 January 1988
Occupation:
Titles/Qualifications:
MRCS and FRCS 1959

MB BS Sydney 1950

FRCS Ed 1959

FRACS 1959
Details:
David Stanley Leitch was born in Leeton, New South Wales, on 9 January 1923, the son of John Stanley Leitch, a farmer and grazier and Marian, née Killen. He was educated at All Saints' College, Bathurst, New South Wales and at St Andrew's College, Sydney University, before joining the Australian Army from 1942 to 1945 serving as a trooper and later as acting Corporal. He participated in the Papuan Campaign of 1942, the Ramu Valley Campaign in 1943-44 and the Bouganville Campaign of 1944-45. After demobilisation he entered medical school at Sydney, qualifying in 1950 and undertook junior appointments at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, and the Repatriation Hospital, Concord, New South Wales. He came to England for further postgraduate work in 1957 working at Birmingham Accident Hospital under Mr Peter London and later at Cheltenham General Hospital. In 1959 he passed the FRCS England, the FRCS Edinburgh and on his return home the FRACS. He was appointed consultant surgeon to the Armidale and New England Hospital, New South Wales, in the same year and continued to work there until his death on 18 January 1988 aged 64. He married in 1952 and is survived by his widow, two sons and three daughters.
Rights:
Copyright (c) The Royal College of Surgeons of England
Collection:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Format:
Obituary
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Asset Path:
Root/Lives of the Fellows/E007000-E007999/E007400-E007499
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Unknown