1929:was born in New Zealand
1960 : got a job in Australia
1965 : was head of the Eye Department at a Sydney hospital.
1970 : helped launch a national program to attack eye disease in Aboriginal Australians.
1970-1973: treated 30,000 people, performed a thousand operations and prescribed more than 10,000 pairs of glasses.
1980: was travelling all over the world to help set up eye health programs in developing countries.
1989 : knew he wouldn't live to see all his ideas happen. He was dying of cancer.
1993: died at home surrounded by his friends, his wife Ga bi and their five children.
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