**Arthur Anderson Martin** (26 March 1876 – 17 September 1916) New Zealand surgeon and wartime memoirist. - **Origins:** Born in Milton, Otago, New Zealand, son of Thomas Martin, a labourer, and Jessie Anderson. - **Education:** Studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh — MB ChB (1900), M.D. (1903), with a thesis on surgery drawn from his service in the Boer War, where he worked as a civilian surgeon attached to the South African Field Force. - **Career:** Returned to New Zealand and settled in Palmerston North, building a general practice and a hospital surgical career. He became particularly noted for his skill in cancer surgery and treatment. - **First World War:** Enlisted with the Royal Army Medical Corps in 1914 and served with the British Expeditionary Force in France and Belgium. He earned a reputation both for his surgical skill under battlefield conditions and for repeatedly exposing himself to danger to treat the wounded. He was wounded at Flers on 17 September 1916 and died that same night at the base hospital in Amiens. - **Honours:** 1914 Star, British War Medal, a posthumous Distinguished Service Order (DSO), and a Mention in Dispatches. - **Writing:** His one notable literary work is *A Surgeon in Khaki* (1915), a first-hand account of his experiences as a military doctor in the war — the book that accounts for his listing as an "author" despite medicine being his primary vocation. - **Legacy:** In July 1920, Palmerston North Public Hospital opened a memorial wing in his name, equipped with X-ray and bacteriological research facilities. Sources: - [Martin, Arthur Anderson – Dictionary of New Zealand Biography – Te Ara](https://teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/3m45/martin-arthur-anderson) - [Arthur Anderson Martin (Author of A Surgeon in Khaki) – Goodreads](https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4848341.Arthur_Anderson_Martin) - [A Surgeon in Khaki – Amazon listing](https://www.amazon.com/Surgeon-Khaki-Martin-Arthur-Anderson/dp/1314467026)
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