Timeline:
4 May 1900 – 11 April 1960
Place of study:
University of Otago, New Zealand
Famous for:
- Pioneering the use of flap construction to rebuild the facial features and hands of Airmen who had been burned during the air battles of World War II
- Revolutionising the field of plastic surgery
Awards:
Fellowship of the American College of Surgeons (1934)
Vice President of the Royal College of Surgeons (1946)
Commander of the Legion of Honour (1947)
Fun fact:
The McIndoe Burns Centre at Queen Victoria Hospital was dedicated in 1994 with a burns victim support group centred there, which also bears his name.