Time lines
1929 born in New Zealand
1936 went to informal school at North East Valley Primary School
1942 joined Palmerston Boys High School
1958 married to Mary Skiller
1961 started to study ophthalmology in Moorfields Eye Hospital in England
1965 did his postgraduate work in Wales
1965 ~ 1992 was chair of the ophthamology division at UNSW
and the Prince of Wales and Prince Henry hospitals.
1980 married to Gabi Hollows.
1989 was diagnosed with cancer
1992 April travelled to Vietnam
July flew back to Vietnam with an eye team
set up The Fred Hollows Foundation with his wife, a group of friends
and some supporters.
1993 died from cancer and buried in Bourke NSW
1994 The Fred Hollows Foundation opened modern intraocular lens factory
in Nepal and Eritrea
Turning Points
- He wanted to become a missionary, however after doing charity work he decided to become an eye doctor. - He enrolled in Otago Medical School
- He met the amount of people in Indigenous towns with lots of eye diseases. - He travelled all over Australia to cure their eyes with glasses.
- A civil war in Eritrea - He went to Eritrea to help people who needed eye treatment.
- He trevelled to Vietnam in 1992 - He and an eye team prepared to hold the firs eye surgery workshop
- He set up The Fred Hollows Foundation - He wanted to help people after he died.
Achievements
- awarded Australian of the Year in 1990 in recognition of his work in poorer communities
- received an Advance Australia Award for Aboriginal Eye Care.
- awarded the Human Rights Medal.
- was given an Advance Australia Award for Medicine and Overseas Aid.
- was awarded Doctor of Medicine and Doctor of Science, Honoris Causa, UNSW.
- was appointed Companion General Division of the Order of Australia
- was admitted as Doctor of Medicine Honoris causa at UNSW
- was named Eritrea's first honorary citizen.
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