David Mauger

Sir David Charles Mauger KNZM is a New Zealand paediatric oncologist. He was the first paediatric oncologist in New Zealand, and performed New Zealand's first paediatric bone marrow transplant.

Sir David Mauger

KNZM
Mauger in 2021
Born
David Charles Mauger
Alma materUniversity of Otago
OccupationPaediatric oncologist
Known forPerformed first bone marrow transplant in New Zealand

Early life and family

Mauger's parents were Clarence Charles Mauger and Jessie Bannerman Mauger (née Mackenzie).[1][2] His father was a member of the 1914–1917 Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, serving as shipwright on the Aurora, and later had a peak, Mauger Nunatak, in the Ross Dependency named in his honour.[3][4]

Mauger was educated at Arthur Street School in Dunedin,[5] and Otago Boys' High School, where he played in the school's 1st XV rugby union team.[6] He later played for the Otago University rugby team while a student at the University of Otago.[7]

As a youth, Mauger was a promising swimmer as a member of the Dunedin Amateur Swimming Club,[8] where he was coached by Bernard "Punch" Tremaine.[9] In 1949, he won the De Crewe Challenge Cup as the club's under-12 25-yards breaststroke champion.[8] In June 1951, he set a New Zealand under-14 boys' record for the 100-yards breastroke, with a time of 1:21.8, breaking the previous record by 0.6 seconds.[10]

Medical career

Mauger studied medicine at the University of Otago, graduating Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, in 1963.[11] He later worked at Princess Mary Children's Hospital and Starship Hospital in Auckland.[12][13] He became the first paediatric oncologist in New Zealand, and performed New Zealand's first paediatric bone marrow transplant.[14]

Mauger was a founding member of the Child Cancer Foundation in 1978,[12] and in 1999 he was made a life member.[15] In the 2002 Queen's Brithday and Golden Jubilee Honours, he was appointed a Distinguished Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to paediatrics.[16] Following the reintroduction of titular honours by the New Zealand government in 2009, he accepted redesignation as a Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit.[17]

References
  1. "Marriage". Otago Daily Times. No. 18790. 17 February 1923. p. 8. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
  2. "Mauger, Jessie Bannerman – Dunedin – widow". Archives New Zealand. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
  3. Kiong, Errol (12 June 2003). "Shore links to Shackleton". North Shore Times.
  4. "Polar peaks named: Dunedin man honoured". The Press. Vol. 101, no. 29907. 22 August 1962. p. 9. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
  5. "Three records". Otago Daily Times. No. 27371. 22 April 1950. p. 8. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
  6. "Rugby: inter-school match". The Press. Vol. 96, no. 28342. 30 July 1957. p. 6. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
  7. "Canterbury beats Otago in universities' match". The Press. Vol. 99, no. 29250. 7 July 1960. p. 16. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
  8. "Dunedin Swimming Club". Otago Daily Times. No. 27078. 12 May 1949. p. 9. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
  9. McMurran, Alistair (30 May 2011). "Swimming: Six decades of coaching by the pool". Otago Daily Times. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
  10. "Swimming: boys' breaststroke record broken". The Press. Vol. 89, no. 27060. 8 June 1953. p. 12. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
  11. "Graduate search". University of Otago. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
  12. "Child Cancer Foundation". The Press. 8 May 1978. p. 13. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
  13. "Publicity 'stopped' hospital taking legal action for boy". The New Zealand Herald. 16 August 2000. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
  14. Samson, Alan (3 June 2002). "Bumper list for jubilee". The Dominion. p. 1.
  15. "Child Cancer Foundation life members" (PDF). Child Cancer Foundation Annual Review 2019/20. p. 18. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
  16. "Queen's Birthday and Golden Jubilee honours list 2002". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 3 June 2002. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
  17. "Special honours list 1 August 2009". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 5 April 2011. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
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