He was walking with his wife in Allan St when she took a turn.
After getting some directions from a shopkeeper, the pair lobbed on to the doorstep of his surgery.
“We were living in Lancaster at the time and I wasn’t too familiar with the doctors surgeries,” Mr Studd said.
“I called into a business and they said to take her down the alley way to Dr Tisdall’s surgery. He saw her straight away and she was taken to the hospital.”
Mr Studd was inspired to throw his support behind a call to honour Dr Tisdall when he read about a proposal to honour a sportsperson — in the Free Press’ Around the Traps column — at the entrance to the town.
“I really do agree that Dr Tisdall is a more worthy person to be honoured in this way,” he said.
The 88-year-old, who was born and educated in Kyabram before forging a career in Melbourne, returned to the town 25 years ago.
Many years after that first meeting, Mr Studd and his wife were again on foot when he started to have chest pains.
“She had me at his surgery not long after and within 24 hours I was in Melbourne having an operation.
“That was the way he did things.
He didn’t mess around, if it needed to be done it was done straight away,” Mr Studd said.
Mr Studd, a veteran of the Korean War, had experienced the Tisdall family’s commitment to excellence earlier in his life.
“After I returned from Korea, captain Guy Tisdall (Peter’s uncle), was my commanding officer in the army,” he said.
Mr Studd said he didn’t agree with the prospect of honouring a sportsperson with signage at the entries to Kyabram when someone like Dr Tisdall had contributed so much to the town.
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