Born in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia, on September 12, 1909, the elder son of Arnold Kirz, technical manager of a textile concern, and Josephine, née Neumann. He studied at Prague University and qualified in 1935. He began his career as a surgeon as an assistant in a teaching unit. In 1939 he came

Basil Ireland was surgeon in Sydney, Australia. This is a draft obituary. If you have any information about this surgeon or are interested in writing this obituary, please email lives@rcseng.ac.uk

Anthony Oliver Robertson was a consultant general surgeon based in Tamworth, New South Wales.

Donald Beard was the first director of surgery at Modbury Hospital in South Australia and served with distinction in the Korean and Vietnam wars. He was born in Adelaide, South Australia, on 22 February 1925, the son of Harold Douglas Beard, a civil servant, and Alison Mavis Beard née Wright, a hous

Brian Maxwell Andrea was born on 26 January 1925 in Kattang, Western Australia. He studied to become a dental surgeon before graduating MB, BS from the University of Sydney. Having travelled to the UK, he passed the fellowship of the college in 1957 and worked as a registrar at the Royal Hospital, W

Sir Herbert Livingston Duthie (known as Bert to colleagues and family) was provost of the University of Wales College of Medicine. He was born into a modest but happy home in Glasgow, the eldest of three children, and soon made an impression academically, winning prizes throughout his school years.

Howard Foy was born on 28 September 1919 at Penrhyndeudraeth, Merionethshire (now Gwynedd). He graduated MB ChB at Liverpool in June 1943 and was house surgeon to Professor O Herbert Williams from July of that year to June 1944. He was then senior house surgeon to Professor T P McMurray until March

John Edward Reimer was a surgeon in New South Wales, Australia. He passed the fellowship of the college in 1957. In 2014 he published a book on medical education in New South Wales entitled *Becoming a surgeon and the Sydney Hospital Clinical School* (Nannup, WA, MBS press, 2014). He died on 10 A

Harvey Burton Ross was a consultant surgeon at the Royal Berkshire Hospital, Reading. Born on 1 October 1928 in London, he was the second son of James Patterson Ross KCVO (1st Baronet of Whetstone, Surgeon to King George VI and Queen Elizabeth II) and his wife, Marjorie Burton née Townsend, a former

Bernard Langdon Whitaker was born on 22 October 1927, the son of Harold Whitaker, a marine superintendent, and his wife Helen née Wragg, a schoolmaster’s daughter. He was educated at Woking County Grammar School on a county major scholarship. In 1949 he graduated MB, BS from London University having

Syed Zafar Haider was professor of surgery at King Edward Medical College, Lahore, Pakistan. He was born on 27 December 1927 in Lahore; the family’s ancestral home was in Bazaar-e-Hakiman in the Bhati Gate area of Lahore. His father, Mohammad Shah, was a lawyer who also held a masters’ degree in Eng

Edward (‘Ted’) Watson was a general surgeon at Wellington Hospital, New Zealand. He was born in Dunedin, the eldest child of Vera Christian Watson née Cameron and Edward Baden Watson; his father was a surgeon, his mother a music teacher. He had two siblings – Arthur and Diane. Ted’s childhood years