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Emeritus Consultants Biographies
Philip Thomas was born in Northam, Western Australia in 1908, the son of Horace Thomas, a school teacher, and Elizabeth nee Tudehope. He received his medical training in Melbourne but returned to Perth to be appointed to the Honorary Staff of the Perth Hospital as it was then known in 1937. At the outbreak of the second world war he enlisted with the rank of Captain and saw service in Palestine, Libya, Greece, Crete, Syria and New Guinea. He was discharged in 1947 by which time he held the rank of Lt-Colonel. He resumed his appointment at the Royal Perth Hospital after the war and for a period 1947-49 also held the appointment of Assistant Gynaecologist at Fremantle Hospital. He retired from the staff of the Royal Perth Hospital in 1964. Philip Thomas is a keen sportsman and was Captain of Queen's College (Melbourne) Football Team in 1930 and member of the Queen's College Rowing Crew 1927-30. He has been active in small boat sailing and tennis and is a past President of the Cottesloe Tennis Club. He has written two books, "Army Doctor" published in 1981 and "A Doctor Looks Back" published in 1984. In 1976 Philip Thomas spent some time working as a gynaecologist in Bangladesh. He has five children, three sons and two daughters. One son is a gynaecologist practising in Melbourne and one daughter is a Medical Laboratory Scientist at Curtin University. |
