The life of Fred Hollows
- 9th April 1929-born in Dunedin in the South of New Zealand.
- 1936-they all lived in Dunedin.
- 1942- he went to an informal school at North Valley Primary School.
- 1958-he married to his first wife.
- 1961-he went to Moorfields Eye Hospital in England.
- 1965-he became an associate professor of ophthalmology.
- 1965-1992 Hollows was chair of the ophthalmology division taking care of the teaching departments.
- 1980-Fred Hollows married to his second wife.
- 1989-Fred was diagnosed with cancer.
- April 1992-Fred Hollows travelled to Vietnam for the very first time.
- July-he considered himself fit from hospital and flew to Sydney.
- 4 days later and week after-he flew back to Vietnam an eye team all prepared to hold the first eye surgery workshop in Vietnam.
- 1993-Fred Hollows died from cancer.
- 1992-he step up a foundation that would continue his work.
- 1994-Fred Hollows Foundation opened modern intraocular lens factories/laboratories.
- 1990-the title of Australian of the year was awarded to Fred Hollows.
