MBE
- Born
- October 1913
Fusanchin, Korea - Occupation
- Medical practitioner and Missionary
Summary
Helen MacKenzie, a child of Presbyterian missionaries, completed her medical degree at the University of Melbourne in 1938 with the intention of going to Korea to work as a missionary in 1941. With the interruption of World War II she instead remained at the Queen Victoria Hospital, Melbourne, from 1940-1944, where she went to 'learn something of women's problems' as she described her time there in a biography of her father entitled MacKenzie, man of mission. She later worked as superintendent of the Australian Presbyterian Mission Hospital in Pusan Korea from 1952-1975, where her sister Catherine was matron, and was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire in 1962 in recognition of her devoted services to medicine.
Sources used to compile this entry: Medical directory of Australia 1980, p 254; Helen MacKenzie, MacKenzie, Man of Mission, pp 149-229.
Hello,
My name is Soon Yun Kwon. I was born in Pusan Korea in 1954 at the hospital where the McKenzie sisters worked. I was adopted at the age of 10 by an American family. I am searching for my family in Korea, and I remember the McKenzie sisters at the orphanage where I lived directed by Mrs. Hannah Yang. I would like to get in touch with the sisters. Could you please provide with any information that might be helpful?
I very much appreciate your time and help.
Sincerely,
Soon Yun Kwon
Soon Yun Kwon - 29 July 2010, 5:02 PM EST
I'm afraid we don't have contact details, I'm sorry. Perhaps you can approach to Presbyterian or Uniting Churches for information.She would be very old now!
AWAP Administrator - 2 August 2010, 2:27 PM EST