LMS Missionary's Son
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Is Rhodes Scholar
From Our Brisbane Correspondent
Dr. Henry Malcolm Whyte.
Queensland Rhodes Scholar for 1947. is the son of the Rev. and Mrs. H.
W. Whyte, of the London Missionary Society in Western Samoa, Dr. Whyte was a lecturer on physiology at the Queensland University at the time of his selection. He graduated as a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery in June, 1944. He is also a Bachelor of Science. He was a Captain in the AAMC and served in Borneo and Celebes during World War 11.
At Oxford, Dr. Whyte intends to take a post-graduate course in clinical science.
He was born in India where his parents were formerly stationed.
A Tongan youth, Hala’ufia Kupu, re cently had a near escape from death when a gun accidentally exploded in the cart in which he was driving. The bullet grazed his temple, but he suffered only slight abrasions.