John Orlando Summerhayes.

About John Orlando Summerhayes

John Orlando Summerhayes was a medical missionary and surgeon in British India from November 3, 1893, to November 7, 1908, with stations in Dera Ghazi Khan, Pakistan; Quetta, Pakistan; and Kerman, Iran. He was head director of the Quetta Medical Hospital. His spouse, whom he met on his mission, Lucy Alexa Heathcote Summerhayes, a midwife and educator, was often described as sharing his work. Summerhayes was a distinguished military officer who served in World War I and commanded his army ambulance corps team in the Royal Ambulance Medical Corps (RAMC). He was the second colonel of three to escort Emperor Charles I and the royal family of Austria-Hungary into exile after the war.