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* Associated with [[Fiji School of Medicine]].
* Associated with [[Fiji School of Medicine]].
* Waimanu Road, Suva. Telephone 331-3444
* Waimanu Road, Suva. Telephone 331-3444
* Sealed tunnels lead into the hill under the Maternity Ward on Extension Street.
* Sealed tunnels lead into the hill under the Maternity Ward on Extension Street.  The tunnels were dug during the war as air-raid shelters.
* Hoodless House is on Brown Street, directly behind CWMH.
* Hoodless House is on Brown Street, directly behind CWMH.
* 21 August 1941 CWMH made plans to evacuate to the Methodist Mission Girls' School in Eden Street, Toorak. VWTMc feared loss of trained personnel if the hospital got bombed.
* 21 August 1941 CWMH made plans to evacuate to the Methodist Mission Girls' School in Eden Street, Toorak. VWTMc feared loss of trained personnel if the hospital got bombed.
* The tunnels under the hospital were air-raid shelters. CMS needed room for 400 people. VWTMc called the rock "soapstone."
* [[Victor William Tighe McGusty, MD]] was directory of CWMH in the late 1930s and early 1940s.
* 17 December 1941: VWTMc asked that a hole be bored for the safe storage of radium.
* The tunnels under the hospital were air-raid shelters. CMS needed room for 400 people. McGusty called the rock "soapstone."
* No mention (so far) of any storage of hospital records or relocation of hospital administration itself.
* 17 December 1941: McGusty asked that a hole be bored for the safe storage of radium.
* No mention of any storage of hospital records or relocation of hospital administration itself to the tunnels.
* 3 July 1942: The air-raid shelter needs an entrance closer to the hospital, sanitary accomodation, a kitchenette, and water.
* 3 July 1942: The air-raid shelter needs an entrance closer to the hospital, sanitary accomodation, a kitchenette, and water.
* Monthly informal staff meetings for the doctors.
* Monthly informal staff meetings for the doctors.
* 27 Oct 1942: VWTMc asks permission to put Red Cross on hospital roof. Imagines it would be a natural target for bombing otherwise.
* 27 Oct 1942: VWTMc asks permission to put Red Cross on hospital roof. Imagines it would be a natural target for bombing otherwise.
* An opinion derived from reading VWTMcG's outgoing correspondence, 1940-1946: the Brits saw the war coming and got ready for it; they then saw the end of the war coming and got ready for that, too.
* An opinion derived from reading VWTMcG's outgoing correspondence, 1940-1946: the Brits saw the war coming and got ready for it; they then saw the end of the war coming and got ready for that, too. Here's an example of how the bureaucrats were looking ahead to the end of the war. Someone named Lloyd is writing to Sir Harry from the Colonial Office, 31 Dec 1940:
* Here's an example of how the bureaucrats were looking ahead to the end of the war. Someone named Lloyd is writing to Sir Harry from the Colonial Office, 31 Dec 1940:
::"After the war, I hope that it may be found possible to create the post of Surgical Specialist at the Hospital whose appointment would help to relieve medical officers of a number of the responsibilities to which you refer."  This is probably the post that [[Gilchrist]] obtained.
* "After the war, I hope that it may be found possible to create the post of Surgical Specialist at the Hospital whose appointment would help to relieve medical officers of a number of the responsibilities to which you refer."  This is the post that Gilchrist obtained, I believe.
 
== Duncan "Jock" Macpherson ==
* Assistant Director of Medical Services at CWMH circa 1940-41. Born circa 1901.
* VWTMcG wrote Dr. Duncan Macpherson's dad to say that his son had cirrhosis of the liver. Three days later, Jock died at age 42 on July 10, 1943. On 4 October 1943, a silver pocket watch, a silver wrist watch, and a gold signet ring were sent to the Secretary of the
* WPHC: "It was Dr. Macpherson's intent to take these items to Mr. Gallagher's parents when he next went to England on leave."
 
== Victor William Tighe McGusty (VWTMc) ==
* Director of CWMH circa 1940-41.
* VWTMGc was celebrated in Time Magazine for having "complete charge of the school" since 1939. There wasn't a syllable about Hoodless in the piece!
* McGusty was a great man" (Susan Parkinson).
 
== Dr. T. A. U. Clunie ==
* born 1895.
* a colonial services officer who was acting principal when Hoodless was away from FSM.

Revision as of 22:59, 16 February 2009

  • Associated with Fiji School of Medicine.
  • Waimanu Road, Suva. Telephone 331-3444
  • Sealed tunnels lead into the hill under the Maternity Ward on Extension Street. The tunnels were dug during the war as air-raid shelters.
  • Hoodless House is on Brown Street, directly behind CWMH.
  • 21 August 1941 CWMH made plans to evacuate to the Methodist Mission Girls' School in Eden Street, Toorak. VWTMc feared loss of trained personnel if the hospital got bombed.
  • Victor William Tighe McGusty, MD was directory of CWMH in the late 1930s and early 1940s.
  • The tunnels under the hospital were air-raid shelters. CMS needed room for 400 people. McGusty called the rock "soapstone."
  • 17 December 1941: McGusty asked that a hole be bored for the safe storage of radium.
  • No mention of any storage of hospital records or relocation of hospital administration itself to the tunnels.
  • 3 July 1942: The air-raid shelter needs an entrance closer to the hospital, sanitary accomodation, a kitchenette, and water.
  • Monthly informal staff meetings for the doctors.
  • 27 Oct 1942: VWTMc asks permission to put Red Cross on hospital roof. Imagines it would be a natural target for bombing otherwise.
  • An opinion derived from reading VWTMcG's outgoing correspondence, 1940-1946: the Brits saw the war coming and got ready for it; they then saw the end of the war coming and got ready for that, too. Here's an example of how the bureaucrats were looking ahead to the end of the war. Someone named Lloyd is writing to Sir Harry from the Colonial Office, 31 Dec 1940:
"After the war, I hope that it may be found possible to create the post of Surgical Specialist at the Hospital whose appointment would help to relieve medical officers of a number of the responsibilities to which you refer." This is probably the post that Gilchrist obtained.
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