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Emeritus Consultants Biographies
Roland Nattrass was born in Horshamn Victoria in 1904, the son of Thomas Nattrassn an estate agent and Margaret, nee Hodgson. He studied medicine at Melbourne University, qualifying in 1927. Following graduation, he held resident appointments at the Adelaide Hospital and the Princess Margaret Hospital for Children and then went overseas to do postgraduate work in obstetrics and gynaecology. Dr Nattrass was Resident and Medical Superintendent at the Mile End Hospital, London and a resident at St Mary's Hospital for Women, Manchester. While in the United Kingdom he gained the Diploma of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Royal College of Surgeons in 1935, and in the same year Membership of the Royal College of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. He was elected a Fellow of the College in 1947. Dr Nattrass was appointed Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist to the Royal Perth Hospital in 1936 and in the same year was given a similar appointment to the King Edward Memorial Hospital for Women, where most of his public hospital work was carried out. During the Second World War Dr Nattrass served in the RAAF as a specialist gynaecologist with the rank of Squadron Leader. He has had a number of papers published in both the British Medical Journal and the Medical Journal of Australia. Roland married Joyce (nee Burridge) and they have two daughters and a son. Their son Peter is a consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist practicing in Perth and a daughter is a trained physiotherapist. Outside of medicine his interests were tennis, bowls and conjuring. He was also active in Rotary. Roland Nattrass retired in 1962 and died in 1999. Bertram Nairn died in 1986 aged 85 years. |
