re ed ." ▁ ▁Biography ▁ ▁Early ▁life ▁and ▁career ▁Born ▁in ▁Christ ch urch , ▁New ▁Zealand , ▁in ▁ 1 9 2 0 , ▁he ▁was ▁the ▁son ▁of ▁Edmund ▁Wall . ▁He ▁was ▁educated ▁at ▁St ▁B ede ' s ▁College , ▁then ▁Can ter bury ▁University ▁College ▁and ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁O tag o , ▁gradu ating ▁with ▁an ▁MB Ch B . ▁After ▁gradu ation ▁he ▁worked ▁as ▁a ▁house ▁sur geon ▁in ▁Christ ch urch ▁and ▁as ▁a ▁general ▁pract ition er ▁in ▁D enn ist on ▁on ▁the ▁West ▁Coast . ▁ ▁He ▁married ▁U ru ▁R au po ▁Camer on ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 1 , ▁a ▁nur se ▁from ▁North land . ▁They ▁had ▁two ▁sons ▁and ▁three ▁daughters . ▁ ▁He ▁went ▁to ▁Britain ▁and ▁qualified ▁as ▁a ▁Fellow ▁of ▁the ▁Royal ▁College ▁of ▁Sur ge ons , ▁special ising ▁in ▁orth op a edic ▁and ▁pl astic ▁surg ery . ▁On ▁return ▁to ▁New ▁Zealand ▁he ▁became ▁medical ▁super int endent ▁of ▁W ai ra u ▁Hospital , ▁B len heim ▁from ▁ 1 9 6 0 ▁until ▁ 1 9 6 9 . ▁ ▁Political ▁career ▁ ▁Wall ▁first ▁entered ▁politics ▁at ▁a ▁local ▁level ▁and ▁was ▁a ▁member ▁of ▁both ▁the ▁Mar l borough ▁Hospital ▁Board ▁and ▁B len heim ▁Bor ough ▁Council . ▁ ▁While ▁in ▁B len heim , ▁he ▁first ▁stood ▁for ▁Parliament ▁in ▁the ▁ ▁against ▁the ▁inc umb ent ▁Tom ▁Sh and ▁of ▁the