Henry Vincent Critchley Hinder (abt. 1865 - 1913)

Born about 1865 in Windsor, New South Wales, Australia

Ancestors

Husband of Ethel Ernestine (Pockley) Hinder — married 3 Mar 1892 in North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Husband of Enid Marguerite (Pockley) Holloway — married 17 Jan 1898 in North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Descendants

Died 14 Sep 1913 at about age 48 in Summer Hill, New South Wales, Australia

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Biography

Dr Henry Vincent Critchley Hinder was born in 1865 at Windsor, New South Wales, Australia. He was the sixth son of Edward Hinder and Sophia Ford.^[1] He graduated at the Sydney University in 1889, and on the completion of his course was appointed resident medical officer at the Prince Alfred Hospital. He filled this post for a year, and afterwards acting first as assistant and then as a partner to his brother-in-law, Dr Richard T Jones, of Ashfield, New South Wales.

Critchley married Ethel Pockley on 3rd March 1892 in St Thomas' Church of England, North Sydney, New South Wales.^[2] Ethel died during the birth of their second child, as did the baby.

Henry married Ethel's younger sister, Enid Pockley on 17th January 1898 also in St Thomas' Church of England, North Sydney.^[3] They had five sons and a daughter together.

He was appointed honorary assistant surgeon to the Prince Alfred Hospital, and gradually went up the staff until he was a full surgeon, ranking next in seniority on the honorary surgical staff of the hospital to Dr MacCormick. For years he was a lecturer to the Medical School at the University. He was one of the first committeemen of the Western Suburbs Cottage Hospital, which was established in 1894. He continued on the committee till the time of his death. The Parramatta District Hospital claimed his services as honorary consulting surgeon. He was a member of the council of the New South Wales branch of the British Medical Association, and in 1909 filled the presidential chair. He took an active part in the work of the Australasian Medical Congress, and was closely identified with the surgery section. He contributed many papers to the "Australian Medical Gazette" dealing with unique and peculiar cases that came under his observation, and also in the general surgery.

Dr Hinder was a great motorist, owning one of the first motor cars imported into Sydney.

He passed away, aged just 48 years, on 14th September 1913 at home, a grand Italianate Victorian mansion named Carleton, in Summer Hill, New South Wales.^[4] The cause of his five-month illness and subsequent death was that while performing an operation he pricked one of his fingers with a needle, and, despite all precautions taken by him, blood-poisoning supervened. Although receiving the attention of the best medical men of the city, no cure was possible.

He was survived by his wife, Enid, three sons and two daughters; also his brothers Robert Hinder of Maitland, and Dr William Hinder, a Macquarie Street surgeon.

Sources

1. ↑ New South Wales Birth Index #
2. ↑ New South Wales Marriage Index #6859/1892
3. ↑ New South Wales Marriage Index #
4. ↑ New South Wales Death Index #10921/1913

• 'Hinder, Henry Vincent (1865–1913)', Obituaries Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, http://oa.anu.edu.au/obituary/hinder-henry-vincent-25033/text33540, accessed 2 Sep 2018.