Lindsay Verrier

Dr Walter Lindsay Isaac Verrier (1907 – 20 April 1981) was an English-born physician and politician in Fiji.

Born Walter Lindsay Isaac in England,[1] Verrier qualified as a doctor before emigrating to Fiji in 1938 where he worked as a medical officer in Suva, Levuka and Nadroga.

[2][1] In 1940 he was transferred to the Gilbert Islands, but returned to Fiji following the Japanese invasion.

[2] Upon his return he was asked to compile a national register for administering compulsory military service, leading to a lifelong interest in compiling Fijian family histories in the Bua and Macuata districts.

After a short spell working at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in Sydney, he died at Suva's Home of Compassion in April 1981 at the age of 73.