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Wilfred Wallis
Wilfred Stanley Wallis (15 May 1891 – 20 September 1957) was a New Zealand doctor of orthopaedics and medical administrator, who served as a medical officer during the First World War. Born in Christchurch, he studied medicine at the University of Otago. During the First World War, he served on the staff of No. New Zealand Stationary Hospitaland also received training in orthopaedics. After the war he worked at a hospital in Rotorua before going into private practice. He returned to military service in the Second World War as a superintendent of a convalescent hospital in Rotorua. He remained in charge of the hospital after the war and was made an officer of the Order of the British Empire in 1948. He died suddenly having shortly returned to private practice. Early life Born in the Christchurch suburb of Opawa, in New Zealand, on 15 May 1891, Wilfred Stanley Wallis was the son of Eliza and John Wallis. His father, a carpenter, was an emigrant from London. Wallis was educ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Opawa
Opawa is an inner suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand, located 2.5 kilometres south-east of the city centre. The name is a contraction of "Ōpāwaho", which, in Māori, means a place of ('ō') an outer '' pā'' or outpost ('pāwaho'). "Ōpāwaho" or "Opaawaho" is the Māori name for the Ōpāwaho / Heathcote River. Demographics Opawa covers . It had an estimated population of as of with a population density of people per km2. Opawa had a population of 1,365 at the 2018 New Zealand census, an increase of 63 people (4.8%) since the 2013 census, and a decrease of 69 people (-4.8%) since the 2006 census 6 (six) is the natural number following 5 and preceding 7. It is a composite number and the smallest perfect number. In mathematics Six is the smallest positive integer which is neither a square number nor a prime number; it is the second small .... There were 504 households. There were 642 males and 723 females, giving a sex ratio of 0.89 males per female. The median ag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |