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McCristal, William John

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MB BS Melb (1914) MRACP (1939)

Born

16/05/1887

Died

15/12/1965

Bill McCristal was born at Bathurst in New South Wales and graduated in medicine from the University of Melbourne in 1915. His residency training was at the Adelaide General Hospital, the Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital and the Children’s Hospital in Melbourne, and the Women’s Hospital, Crown Street in Sydney. He served for a time as medical officer on a troop ship and from 1916 spent two and a half years at the Coast Hospital (later named Prince Henry Hospital) in Sydney.

He then set up in general practice at Kensington, Sydney where he remained for over twenty years. After taking the Membership by examination in 1939 at the age of fifty-two he entered consulting practice at 149 Macquarie Street, Sydney and became a clinical assistant to medical outpatients at Sydney Hospital.

In 1952 McCristal became chief medical officer and director of City Mutual Life Assurance Society Ltd in succession to Dr Robert Taylor. He retired as a director in 1960 but continued as chief medical officer until his retirement from practice in September 1962.

He was a pleasant, quiet person but good company and a good left-handed batsman. He played first-grade cricket from his university days and later became captain of the Randwick cricket team. He maintained his interest in cricket and rugby league football throughout his life.

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