Our incredible Peter Rollason celebrated his 95th Birthday last week!
Now here is a true luminary, a legend, a pioneer, there are so many words I could use to describe him.
Once a beloved household name, Peter now lives quietly in the same charming apartment over the pharmacy he established in Hillside in 1953.
Peter came to Rhodesia in 1947 as a pharmaceutical apprentice, he later built up his own community pharmacy which opened 1n 1953, he also practised in hospital pharmacy and then wholesale pharmacy.
Peter's pharmacy career is massive and impressive, I have a copyh of is C.V. if you wish to have a look at it, culminating in the Award of a Fellowship to the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain 2001.
On 1951 Peter moved into a totally difference sphere of life, that of Radio and Television Broadcasting.
Radio broadcaster 1951-2001 and TV broadcaster 1961-2001. Topics covered on both media included news reporting, special feature production, sport - all aspects, health, young people's magazine, The unforgettable Wildlife Forum, music, theatre, military functions including visits of UK Royal family, broadcasts from foreign countries including UK, France, Switzerland, USA.
Peter was the staff commentator, a respected Steward, and Trustee of the Matabeleland Turf Club.
Peter was a member of the Territorial Army from 1951, he joined the 1956 Corps of Signals and received a Commission 1961. In1974 Peter was appointed Brigade Signals Liaison Officer HQ I Brigade (GSO2 Major) and the the Army Signals Officer in the rank of (Major from 1951 - 2001.
A further feather in Peter's cap arose when he joined the Sea Cadet Corps, (T S Matabele) in 1961 as military instructor culminating in his office of Commanding Officer Lt. Cdr.
To this day Peter travels overseas frequently to present papers on various pharmaceutical topics including one very dear to his heart - Malaria which remains a serious public health problem in Zimbabwe.
Happy birthday Peter!!