Harriet Wheelock / Friday 1 July 2011 Francis Joseph O’Meara – an army doctor’s life in photographs This week I have been sorting out a small collection of the personal papers of Francis Joseph O'Meara. O'Meara was born in Cork in 1900, he studies medicine at Trinity before joining the Royal Army Medical Corps in 1923 serving in Egypt and India. In 1940 he was on active service in France when he was capture by German soldiers; he remained a prisoner of war for four years. O'Meara remained in the RAMC through the late 1940s and 1950s, serving as director of medical service to the Middle East Land Forces, and later to Western Command. He retired to Herefordshire, where he died in 1967. With O'Meara's papers a selection of photographs which provide snap shots of O'Meara throughout his life. c.1900s – On a seaside holiday with his family c.1910s – Tennis at Clongowes Wood College early 1920s – high jinks as a Trinity medical student c.1930s – on duty with the RAMC c.1950s – O'Meara in later life