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Emeritus Consultants Biographies
Denis Keall was born in Perth in October 1911, the son of Harry Keall, a solicitor, and Elinor Louisa (nee) Cooper. He was educated at Hale School in Perth and subsequently received his medical education at Cambridge University in association with St Thomas' Hospital, London. With the onset of the second World War, he joined the Royal Army Medical Corps and served throughout the war. Denis joined the staff of the Royal Perth Hospital as an Honorary Assistant Physician in 1946 and was appointed Senior Physician in 1964, serving the hospital continuously until he retired in 1976. Whilst a general physician he had a particular interest in chest diseases. He was a member of the Board of Management from 1960 to l976 and for 13 years the Chairman of the Medical Advisory Committee. He also served on the Electoral Committee and the Clinical Association Executive. He was held in high regard by his colleagues and was Chairman of the West Australian Medical Board for many years. Denis was a gentleman of the old school, quietly spoken yet determined. All his committee work was vigorous, circumspect but rarely, if ever, moving outside established precedent as might have been expected with a lawyer father and brother. He bent over backwards in fairness. All the work that he did at the hospital was truly honorary and what was paid to him for his services was donated to the Travel and General Purposes Research Fund. In 1940 Denis married Patricia Badham Read and they have two sons, one of whom is a social worker in Perth. In recognition of his great service to the hospital, the Board of Management appointed him Emeritus Consultant Physician on his retirement in 1976. Denis Keall died in 1983, his wife having died three years earlier. |
