Resource Name:
Resource Type:
External Resource
Asset Name:
E007984 - Goodson, Godfrey Matthew ( - 1996)
Title:
Goodson, Godfrey Matthew ( - 1996)
Author:
Royal College of Surgeons of England
Identifier:
RCS: E007984
Publisher:
London : Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date:
2015-09-09
Subject:
Description:
Obituary for Goodson, Godfrey Matthew ( - 1996), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Language:
English
Source:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Full Name:
Goodson, Godfrey Matthew
Date of Death:
2 August 1996
Occupation:
Titles/Qualifications:
MRCS and FRCS 1950
FRACS 1957
MB ChB Otago 1943
Details:
After St Patrick's College, Godfrey Goodson qualified from Otago in 1943, did house jobs in Wellington, and then went to England for postgraduate surgical training, passing the FRCS in 1950. He returned to New Zealand in 1951 as resident surgeon at the Hutt Hospital and was elected to the visiting staff in 1958, practising also at Calvary Hospital and Home of Compassion, Island Bay. He was a keen member of the Royal New Zealand Naval Voluntary Reserve with whom he joined the New Zealand team at Qui Non during the Vietnam war.
He died on 2 August 1996, survived by his wife, one son and one daughter.
Sources:
*NZ Med J* 1996 412
Rights:
Copyright (c) The Royal College of Surgeons of England
Collection:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Format:
Obituary
Format:
Asset
Asset Path:
Root/Lives of the Fellows/E007000-E007999/E007900-E007999
Media Type:
Unknown
