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Zimmermann, Benjamin Frazier
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1855-?
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Born 18th April 1855. Entered St George's Hospital in 1872. Member of Royal College of Surgeons and Licentiate of Royal College of Physicians.
He was a surgeon, later surgeon captain in 1885, in the Pacific Steam Navigation Company's Service. He became surgeon major in the Royal Army Medical Corps in 1898. He served on an expedition to the west coast of Africa in 1887 and was awarded a medal. He retired in 1905 but returned to the War Office at the outbreak of the first world war in 1914 and served as major in the Royal Army Medical Corps on medical boards at the War Office and Adastral House. He was employed when on retired list at Topsham, Devon in 1905 and Lancaster in 1911.
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Student record 1872 (No 5061)