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Emeritus Consultants Biographies
William (Bill) Norman Gilmour was born in Lockhart NSW in 1922, the son of Norman Wallace, a business man and Florence (nee Nette). He graduated in medicine from Sydney University in 1946 and for the next three years held resident appointments at Sydney Hospital. Deciding to specialise in orthopaedics, he went to England in 1950 and spent three years at the Harold Wood Orthopaedic Hospital in Nottingham. Bill joined the Orthopaedic Department at the Royal Perth Hospital in 1952 and served the hospital until his retirement in 1987. At the same time he was a surgeon at the Princess Margaret Hospital for Children. His interest in the crippled child was recognised by his appointment as Honorary Surgeon to the Crippled Children's Society. He has written a number of papers for the prestigious Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. In 1984 he was President of the Australian Orthopaedic Association. In 1952 he married Shirley (nee Butters) and they have three sons and two daughters. One daughter is a physiotherapist and a son is an internationally famous yachtsman. Bill's interests outside of medicine lie in farming, and in the sports of skiing, sailing and tennis. |
