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Blackmore, George John, Dr

 Person

Biography

Dr Blackmore was Medical Superintendent of the Sanatorium from 1910 to December 1928. He had trained in Edinburgh, specialising in the treatment of tuberculosis, and had been Medical Officer of Health in Bombay before coming to Christchurch. He was an active member of St Augustine's Anglican Church, Cashmere, where a wall plaque remembers him. After his retirement he went to England and lived in Thames, near Oxford, until his death on 15 April 1947.

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Cashmere Sanatorium papers

 Collection
Identifier: Arch 0887
Scope and Contents

The Cashmere Sanatorium papers of Dr George John Blackmore includes four photographs (22 x 88 cm. or smaller) in separate folder 46 x 64 cm. One album inscribed: To Dr. Blackmore.

Also includes an extract from Up the hill: Cashmere Sanatorium and Coronation Hospital, 1910 to 1991, by T.O. Enticott.

Dates: 1913-1933