John Cairney (anatomist)

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{{Infobox officeholder

| honorific-prefix = Dr

| name = John Cairney

| honorific-suffix = {{post-nominals|country=NZL|CMG}}

| image = John Cairney (crop).jpg

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| office = 5th Director-General of Health

| term_start = February 1950

| term_end = October 1959

| predecessor = Thomas Ritchie

| successor = Harold Turbott

| birth_name =

| birth_date = 8 October 1898

| birth_place = Greymouth, New Zealand

| death_date = 5 August 1966

| death_place = Wellington, New Zealand

| spouse = {{marriage|Claris Dorothy Kempthorne|1920}}

| children = 3

| alma_mater = University of Otago

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John Cairney {{post-nominals|country=NZL|CMG|size=85%}} (8 October 1898 – 5 August 1966) was the New Zealand Director-General of Health and Inspector-General of Hospitals, an anatomist, a medical superintendent and a writer and painter. He was born in Greymouth, New Zealand, on 8 October 1898.{{DNZB|title=John Cairney|first= Derek A.|last= Dow|id=5c1|accessdate=23 April 2017}}

In 1953, Cairney was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal.{{cite news |url=http://www.nzlii.org/nz/other/nz_gazette/1953/37.pdf |title=Coronation Medal |work=Supplement to the New Zealand Gazette |issue=37 |date=3 July 1953 |access-date=17 April 2021 |pages=1021–1035}} In the 1960 New Year Honours, he was appointed a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George.{{London Gazette |date=1 January 1960 |supp=3 |issue=41911 |page=41}}