GOLDSBRO', CHARLES FIELD (1828-83) was born at Welshpool, Montgomeryshire, and received his medical education in London, Paris and Edinburgh. (M.R.C.S., Eng.; L.S.A., 1856; L.R.C.P., Edin. 1860; F.R.C.S., 1878; M.B., Sydney, 1866; M.D., 1868.) He was house surgeon at Charing Cross hospital and medical officer to the General Post Office in London before coming to Auckland in the Rob Roy (1860). He was appointed coroner and surgeon to the militia, with which he served in the Waikato war (1863). Later he was president of the pensions board and of the Auckland Medical Society. Goldsbro' was an active freemason, being past-master of Lodge Waitemata. He died on 20 Dec 1883.

Cycl. N.Z., ii (p); N.Z. Herald, 21 Dec 1883; 14 Aug 1928.

Reference: Volume 1, page 170

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