Dr James Lewis REED (1868 – 1942)

Name

Dr James Lewis Reed

Gender

Male

Military identification

Regiment Number 3/1463, Major, First New Zealand Expeditionary Force, World War One, New Zealand Medical Corps

Birthdate

11 May 1868

Birthplace

Queensland, Australia

Marriage(s)

1900
New Zealand

Date of death

10 July 1942

Place of death

Gisborne

Parents

  • George McCullagh Reed (1832-13/11/1898)
  • Jessie Chalmers Reed, Rankin (1842-1922)

Partner(s)

  • Brenda Beatrice Reed, nee Wilson (1876-8/12/1939)

Children

  • Ronald Lewis Reed (1902-1958)
  • Gytha Lewis Hine (1904-1995)
  • Barbara Lewis Reed (born 1912)

Secondary education

Belfast College, Belfast, Northern Ireland and Victoria College, Jersey, England

Tertiary education

University of Edinburgh, Scotland

Biography

Came to Waipawa, 1893
Physician and Surgeon at Waipawa
Medical Officer to the Oddfellows, Foresters, Hibernians and Rechabites
Surgeon to the Waipawa Volunteer Corps
Health officer to the Waipawa Town Board
Served in World War One on Hospital ship “Marama”
Member of various sports clubs and the Waipawa Dramatic Society

Accession number

675694

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