William Michael POWER

1873 -

• Name	William Michael POWER
  Born	29 Dec 1873	Tramore, Waterford, Ireland   [1]
  Christened	7 Nov 1951	Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	veterinarian and politician
  Person ID	I195	Irish in South Africa
  Last Modified	27 Jan 2020

  
  

  Father	Michael POWER
  Mother	Anastasia HAYES
  Family ID	F62	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary G. CARROLL
  Last Modified	29 Nov 2019
  Family ID	F61	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S2A3] http://www.s2a3.org.za/bio/Biograph_final.php?serial=3474. Power served as district veterinary surgeon in Ladismith (November 1901-1902), Ixopo (1902-1905), Richmond (1905) and Paulpietersburg (1905), and after a short time as acting principal veterinary surgeon at Pietermaritzburg (1905-1906), in Louwsberg (1906). On 1 November 1907 he succeeded S.B. Woollatt* as principal veterinary surgeon and chief of the Veterinary Division in the Department of Agriculture of Natal. The name of his post was changed to chief veterinary surgeon of Natal in May 1910. After the formation of the Union of South Africa in 1910 he was appointed in January 1912 as senior veterinary surgeon for Natal in the Union Department of Agriculture, a post he held until his retirement in 1928.