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Emeritus Consultants Biographies
Ernest (Ernie) England was born in Bunbury in 1927, the son of Ernest Roy and Bessie nee James. His older brother is Dr Ernest Bert England, a general practitioner in Rockingham. Ernie was educated at Wesley College and the Universities of Western Australia and Adelaide, graduating in Medicine in 1951. From school days when he was captain of Wesley College (Perth), he proved to be an outstanding sportsman representing both the States of South Australia and Western Australia in cricket and hockey. From 1946 to 1949 he played for the Combined Australian Universities at hockey. After graduating in Adelaide, he became a resident medical officer at Royal Perth Hospital from 1952 to 1954. In 1953 he married Wendy nee Nunn. Like many young surgeons in training, he spent some time in England including a period at the Brompton Hospital with Mr Price Thomas in 1958. In that year he obtained both the Edinburgh and English fellowships of the Colleges of Surgeons. Returning to Perth in 1958 he joined the staff of Royal Perth Hospital in Urology holding positions including that of its chairman by the time of his retirement in 1988. In 1962 he spent a year with Professor Goodwin at the University College of Los Angeles. In 1985 he was the President of the Urological Society of Australasia. His major contribution has been in the establishment of urology as an exclusive speciality in this state, and in the urological management of the paraplegic patient. On this subject he has been the joint author of a well recognised book. Ernie has a son, Peter, who has followed his father into the speciality of urology. |
