Educated at St George's Hospital and became House Surgeon to the Westminster Lying-in Charity, practising afterwards at Chepstow, Monmouthshire, where, at the time of his death, he was Surgeon to the Chepstow District South-Western Railway and Medical Referee to the Norwich Union, Scottish, and othe

Thomas King was born in Melbourne, Australia on 17 January 1899, the son of a barrister. He was educated at Xavier College, Melbourne, and Melbourne University. He qualified MB BS in 1924, MD 1932 and obtained the FRCS in 1934. He was elected FRACS in 1934 and the same year appointed honorary orthop