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Emeritus Consultants Biographies
Arthur Albert Merritt was born in Boulder, Western Australia in 1907, the son of Albert Ralph Merritt, a miner and Amy nee Druscilla. Both hailed from Victoria. Arthur was a keen sportsman and was awarded a blue for hockey whilst at Melbourne University. After graduation he practiced in Pinjarra and being interested in surgery he would travel to Perth to assist in operations at the Perth Hospital. During those early years he was active in the St John's Ambulance Association and was made a life member in 1942. After the onset of the Second World War, he joined the Army Medical Corps and served with the 4th Australian Field Ambulance holding the rank of Major. He was twice mentioned in dispatches and was subsequently promoted to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. On leaving the services he decided to make a career in Radiology and developed a special interest in Neuroradiology. He was appointed to the staff of the Royal Perth Hospital as a radiologist in 1946 and retained that position until 1960. Arthur showed considerable interest in Medical politics and became a member of the British Medical Association in 1933 and of it's branch Council in 1946 and it's President in 1957. He was made a Fellow of the Australian Medical Association in recognition of his work. Over the years he gave freely of his time sitting on a number of State Committees particularly those concerned with the treatment of cancer. Arthur married Freda Scanlon and they have two sons, one a Mineral Chemist and the other a lecturer in History at the Australian National University, Canberra. |
