1929 - he was born in New Zealand.
1965 - he took up the position of Associate professor of ophthalmology NSW.
1975 - he set up the National Trachoma and Eye Health Program (NTHEP).
1988 - he diagnosed with cancer/ he raised money to build intraocular lens manufacturing lab.
1990 - he was awarded for treating curable blindness in many third world countries.
1991 - he visited Vietnam and Nepal, helped around 30,000 people.
1992 - he has been setting up eye health clinics in some of the world's poorest countries.
1993 - he died in his Sydney home with cancer.
1994 - Laboratory opened in Eritrea and laboratory and Surgical Eye Centre opened in Nepal.
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