KESSLER, Abraham. M.B., Ch.B., Dip.. Surg. Neuro-surgeon. Born Slonim, Poland 27th September, 1923, son of Hyman and Leah Kessler. Came to South Africa 1929. Educated at Witbank High School and University of the Witwatersrand. Neurosurgeon at Livingstone Hospital and Senior Hon. Neurosurgeon, Provincial Hospital, Port Elizabeth. Previously at Baragwanath Hospital, Johannesburg and West End Hospital for Nervous Diseases, London. Served with Carmeli Brigade in Israel's War of Independence. Member of the Summerwood Club and Lion's International, Port Elizabeth. Recreation: fishing. Married Hannah Kornbluh 2nd June, 1949; two sons, one daughter. Add.: 3, Plymouth Street, Summerstrand. P.O. Box 606, Oasim, Pearson Street, Port Elizabeth.
Biographies extracted and digitised by Dr Jeremy Hodes from the South African Jewish Yearbook 1929 edited by Morris De Saxe and South African Jewry, 1967-68 edited by Leon Feldberg. Use the page, label or search box to find the information you are seeking.
Wednesday, 30 August 2023
Kessler, Abraham
KESSLER, Abraham. M.B., Ch.B., Dip.. Surg. Neuro-surgeon. Born Slonim, Poland 27th September, 1923, son of Hyman and Leah Kessler. Came to South Africa 1929. Educated at Witbank High School and University of the Witwatersrand. Neurosurgeon at Livingstone Hospital and Senior Hon. Neurosurgeon, Provincial Hospital, Port Elizabeth. Previously at Baragwanath Hospital, Johannesburg and West End Hospital for Nervous Diseases, London. Served with Carmeli Brigade in Israel's War of Independence. Member of the Summerwood Club and Lion's International, Port Elizabeth. Recreation: fishing. Married Hannah Kornbluh 2nd June, 1949; two sons, one daughter. Add.: 3, Plymouth Street, Summerstrand. P.O. Box 606, Oasim, Pearson Street, Port Elizabeth.
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