Fred Hollows

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  • Birth and young child hood

    Born in New Zealand and Grew up in Palmerston North

  • starts UNI

    BA Degree, Victoria University, Wellington

  • Finishes UNI

  • Collage

    Glenleith Bible College, Dunedin

  • Starts Medical school

    Medical School, University of Otago, Dunedin

  • Worked at wellington Hospital

  • Finishes medical school

  • Auckland Hospital

    House Surgeon, Auckland Hospital

  • Marriage

    Married Mary Skiller

  • Studied ophthalmology

    Studied ophthalmology, Moorfields, United Kingdom

  • Ophthalmic Registrar and Epidemiology, Cardiff, Wales

  • Professor of Ophthalmology UNSW

    Associate Professor of Ophthalmology, UNSW, Sydney, Australia Chairman of Division of Ophthalmology of the UNSW, Prince of Wales and Prince Henry teaching hospitals, Sydney, Australia

  • First worked in Bourke

  • Worked in South America

  • wife died

    Fred's first wife, Mary, died

  • Director of National Trachoma and Eye Health Program

  • Married Gabi O'Sullivan

  • First visit to Eritrea

  • Diagnosed with cancer

  • Became an Australian citizen on 26 April

  • Second visit to Eritrea

  • Visited Eritrea and received honorary citizenship

  • The Fred Hollows Foundation launched in Australia

  • DIED

    Died in Sydney on 10 February Survived by Gabi and children Tanya, Ben, Cam, Emma, Anna-Louise, Ruth and Rosa State Funeral held at St Mary's Cathedral in Sydney on 15 February Buried in Bourke on 17 February

  • IOL Laboratory opened in EritreaIOL Laboratory and Surgical Eye Centre opened in Nepal