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Emeritus Consultants Biographies
Peter Tresise graduated at Melbourne University in 1937 and in January 1938 he was appointed Resident Medical Officer at the then Perth Hospital. In 1940 he left Perth for the United Kingdom where he held hospital appointments and also completed his higher degrees. Returning to Western Australia in 1942 he served in the Australian Army with the rank of Major. In 1943 he was appointed Consultant Psychiatrist to the Repatriation Department and a Counsellor and Adviser to the Child Welfare Department. Other appointments included that of Wing Commander, Royal Australian Air Force Medical Services. In 1950, Peter Tresise was appointed Honorary Psychiatrist at Royal Perth Hospital, and Senior Psychiatrist in 1964. His long association with the hospital as a member of the Clinical Staff continued until his retirement in 1978, spanning a period of 28 years and in recognition of that service and his substantial contribution to the work of the hospital, he was appointed an Emeritus Consultant. He will long be remembered for his enquiring mind and his ability to ask penetrating questions of speakers at clinical meetings. Outside of medicine he found relaxation in painting and he was responsible for the painting of Roy Newton which is in the hospital's collection. Characteristically he painted the portrait on the back of a shirt. Peter Tresise died in 1986. |
