Wilfred Wallis
Wilfred Stanley Wallis (15 May 1891 – 20 September 1957) was a New Zealand doctor of orthopaedics and medical administrator, who served as a medical officer during the First World War. Born in Christchurch, he studied medicine at the University of Otago. During the First World War, he served on the staff of No. 1 New Zealand Stationary Hospital and also received training in orthopaedics. After the war he worked at a hospital in Rotorua before going into private practice. He returned to military service in the Second World War as a superintendent of a convalescent hospital in Rotorua. He remained in charge of the hospital after the war and was made an officer of the Order of the British Empire in 1948. He died suddenly having shortly returned to private practice. Early life Born in the Christchurch suburb of Opawa, in New Zealand, on 15 May 1891, Wilfred Stanley Wallis was the son of Eliza and John Wallis. His father, a carpenter, was an emigrant from London. Wallis was educated at Christchurch Boys’ High School and in 1910, began studying medicine at the University of Otago. He was one of a number of medical students from Otago who were