WGDCR Peter Hurly is currently the Director of Air Force Medicine for the RNZAF.  He has been a member of St John Ambulance since 1964 and was involved in ambulance work and training.  He trained as a pharmacist in South Africa and studied medicine obtaining his MBChB in 1983.  He worked in hospital medicine and Accident and Emergency.  He was a member of the South African Military Service and saw active service in South Africa.    On moving to New Zealand, he joined the Royal New Zealand Army Medical Corps.  He then moved to general practice in Palmerston North and took up a Reservist position with the RNZAF.  He obtained a Diploma in Aviation Medicine and a certificate in Air Retrieval medicine, subsequently progressing to a Masters in Aviation medicne.  He moved back into full time military medicine in 2002 and became the Director of Air Force Medicine in 2004.

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