Francis Antill (Frank) Pockley (1857–1941)
Dr. Francis Antill Pockley has died at his home in Wahroonga, aged 84. He was on thc honorary medical staff of the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital for 35 years, and also on the staff of the Royal North Shore Hospital. He was president of the Australian Medical Conference in 1911, a past president of the New South Wales branch of the British Medical Association and of the Ophthalmological Society of New South Wales, and a regular contributor to medical and ophthalmic journals.
Dr. Pockley, after graduation, was in Vienna when Kohler discovered the anaesthetic properties of cocaine, and it is believed that he did the first eye operation in Australia under the cocaine anaesthetic.
A service was held yesterday in St Thomas' Church, North Sydney, where Dr. Pocklcy was christened, confirmed, and married. The funeral was at the Northern Suburbs Crematorium.
Original publication
Additional Resources and Scholarship
- returns from a trip to England, Sydney Morning Herald, 29 October 1912, p 8
Related Entries in NCB Sites
- Hooke, Helen Clara (wife)
- Danby, Phyllis Mary (daughter)
- Pockley, Helen Dorothy (daughter)
- Pockley, Francis Guy (son)
- Pockley, Brian Colden A. (son)
- Pockley, John Graham (son)
- Antill, Selina Elizabeth (mother)
- Pockley, Robert Francis (father)
- Pockley, Alice Isabel (sister)
- Reeve, Florence Augusta (sister)
- Hinder, Ethel Ernestine (sister)
- Holloway, Enid Marguerite (sister)
- Holloway, Enid Marguerite (sister)
- Pockley, Robert Fulcher (brother)
- Pockley, Arthur Bingham (brother)
- Pockley, Harry Richardson (brother)
- Pockley, Henry Richardson (brother)
- Pockley, Harold Campbell (brother)
- Pockley, Jeannie Rose (sister-in-law)
- Hinder, Henry Vincent (brother-in-law)
- Antill, Margaret Campbell (aunt)
- Moggridge, Alice Sophia (aunt)
- Antill, John Macquarie (uncle)
- Antill, Henry Colden (uncle)
- Antill, William Redfern (uncle)
- Antill, Edward Spencer (uncle)
- Antill, James Alexander (uncle)
- Antill, Loftus Cliffe (uncle)
- Pockley, Thomas Ford Graham (uncle)
- Antill, Jessie Hassall (aunt by marriage)
- Antill, Elizabeth (grandmother)
- Antill, Henry Colden (grandfather)
- Bligh-Jones, Marcia Jean (niece)
- Kennard, Joan Theodosia (niece)
- Pockley, Robert Campbell (nephew)
- Hinder, Henry Francis (nephew)
- Pockley, Harold Graham (nephew)
- Antill, Horace Sutherland (cousin)
Citation details
'Pockley, Francis Antill (Frank) (1857–1941)', Obituaries Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://oa.anu.edu.au/obituary/pockley-francis-antill-frank-16343/text28303, accessed 8 November 2024.
Life Summary [details]
Birth
1857
St Leonards, Sydney,
New South Wales,
Australia
Death
July,
1941
(aged ~ 84)
Wahroonga, Sydney,
New South Wales,
Australia
Religious Influence
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