Awards to the Medical Services from the Collection of the late Tony Sabell

Abyssinia 1867 (Asst. Surgn.G. A. Maconachie, M.B., Bombay M. Dept.) suspension refitted, good very fine £300-350

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Awards to the Medical Services from the Collection of the late Tony Sabell.

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George Archibald MacOnachie was born on 7 September 1843. He qualified as a M.B. C.M. 1866 and M.D. 1872. Appointed an Assistant Surgeon on 1 April 1867; Surgeon in April 1873, Surgeon Major in April 1879; M.R.C.P. Lond. 1887 and Brigade Surgeon in May 1890. MacOnachie retired in June 1897 and was appointed a Lecturer on Tropical Diseases at Aberdeen University in 1899. He died in Aberdeen on 25 June 1909.