Elliott, Sir Randal Forbes Biography 1991

ELLIOTT, Sir Randal Forbes
KBE 1977 (OBE 1975), GCStJ 1987 (KSt) 1978), QHS 1964, Hon ADC Govs-General Fergusson, Porritt, Blundell; Ophthalmic Surgeon
Born Wellington, 12 October 1922, son of Sir James Sands Elliott Kt and Lady Ann Allan (née Forbes) MBE DStJ; married Pauline June Young, daughter of John George Young CBE, 1949; one son six daughters.
Education: St Marks School, Wellington, Hereworth School, Havelock North; Wanganui Collegiate School; Victoria University; Otago University, MB ChB, 1947; Royal College of Surgeons and Physicians, DO 1949; FRCS (Oph) Eng 1953, FRACS (Oph) 1953, FNZMA 1976, FRACO 1982.
1st Battalion, Wellington Regiment (Private), 1941-1942; Otago University Medical Corps (W/O), 1942-1945; MO, RNZAF territorials and active reserve (Group Captain retired) 1953-1977: service in Pacific, Sarawak, Sabah, Malaya, Thailand, South Vietnam, 1972-1973.  House Surgeon, Wellington Hospital, 1947-1948; Registrar: Royal London Ophthalmic Hospital 1950-1951, The London Hospital 1952, University College Hospital 1953; Wellington Hospital: Ophthalmic Surgeon 1953-1988 (now in private consulting practice), Chairman, Eye Department 1965-1970; Chairman, combined staff 1972-1974; Adv in Ophthalmology, Health Department, Department Civil Aviation, Transport Department, 1968-1988; Member, Chairman Division of Eye Surgery, Wellington Clinical Medical School, 1974-1976; Member: Hospital Adv Cl 1974-1986, Central Medical Disciplinary Committee 1974-1987; BMA (NZ Branch): Member, Exec Council 1965, Deputy Chairman 1965-1967; Medical Association of NZ: Deputy Chairman 1968-1970, Chairman of Cl 1971-1973, Executive Member 1973-1975, Chairman, Central Ethical Committee 1973-1974; President NZMA, 1977; Secretary 1960-1968, President 1972, NZ Ophthalmology Society; Executive 1960-1965, President 1973, Wellington Medico-Legal Society; Medical Advisor, Island Territories Department Ophthalmic Surveys Western Samoa, Cook Islands, Aitutaki, Tokelaus, 1959-1962; Medical Advisor, Mountain Safety Council; chairman, various medical committees; Examiner in Ophthalmology, RACS; Guest Lecturer in Ophthalmology: University of Singapore, Malay Nat University, Kuala Lumpur; Warden, Senior Surgeon, St John Hospital, Jerusalem, 1988-1989.  NZ Priory, Order of St John: Principal Medical Officer 1972-1980, Chancellor 1980-1986, Hospitaller 1987 -, Bailiff Grand Gross, highest honour of the order 1987; Assistant National Co-ordinator, Duke of Edinburgh Award, 1977-1987; Member, Traffic Accident Research Foundation; Chairman, Road Safety Trust, 1989; Foundation Member, National Council of Community Volunteers.
Recreations: yachting, ski-mountaineering, tramping, kayaking, fishing.
Address: 13B / 186 The Terrace, Wellington.