Background
Smith, Harry Lawrence was born on May 22, 1931 in Wanganui, New Zealand. Son of Harry Lawrence and Susan McIntyre (Black) Smith.
Smith, Harry Lawrence was born on May 22, 1931 in Wanganui, New Zealand. Son of Harry Lawrence and Susan McIntyre (Black) Smith.
Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery, Otago University, New Zealand, 1955.
Lecturer Otago University Medical School, Dunedin, 1958-1959. Fellow Western Infirmary, Glasgow, Scotland, 1960. Registrar Chelmsford & Sussex Hospital, England, 1961.
Senior registrar Greenlane Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand, 1962-1964. Senior lecturer Auckland University, 1965-1971. Consultant Auckland Hospital, since 1971.
Locum surgeon Khamis Mushat Hospital, Saudi Arabia, 1986. Visiting surgeon Kossamak Hospital, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, 1996. Associate professor Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Blantyre, Malawi, 1997.
Lieutenant colonel Royal New Zealand Armed Medical Corp, 1964-1976. Fellow Royal College Surgeons (England), Royal Australasian College Surgeons (court of examiners). Member New Zealand Medical Association (Auckland division president 1980), Australasian Pediatrics Surgical Association.
Married Sadie Isobell Baird, April 2, 1956 (divorced September 1992). Children: Sally-Anne, Richard, Nicole, Kristen, James, Julia.