Alexander Ian Golski passed his MB BS in Sydney in 1966 and worked as junior hospital medical officer at St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, in 1967. He became senior surgeon and hospital medical officer to the Royal Hobart Hospital in 1968. He came to England the following year and was registrar in general surgery and orthopaedics at Hastings. He passed the FRCS in 1970 and was Commonwealth registrar at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital in London, 1971-72. Returning to Australia he became assistant specialist in orthopaedics to the Alfred Hospital in Melbourne in 1973. He died in Canberra on 6 May 1978.