John Wasley Smith MB BS Adelaide, FRCS ED, FRCS, FRACS (Hon 1979) and OAM, was born in Adelaide. He attended Adelaide High School where he won a scholarship to Adelaide University, graduating in 1953. After graduating John travelled to the United Kingdom with his wife Joan and their young family of

Bernard Welford was a surgeon who lived and worked in New Zealand. He qualified MB ChB in 1954 and gained his FRCS in 1961. He lived at addresses in Timaru, Invercargill and Southland, New Zealand. He died on 10 October 2012, aged 83.

Norman A Matheson ‘NAM’ was a consultant general surgeon at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary. Born on 26 March 1932 in Inverness, he was the son of Allan John Matheson and Margaret Ann Matheson née Mutch. He grew up on Avonside in the shadow of the Cairngorm Mountains and his early education was in Tomintou

Remo Derek Peduzzi was a consultant surgeon at Cumberland Infirmary, Carlisle. He studied medicine at Middlesex Hospital Medical School, qualifying in 1950. He gained his FRCS in 1961. Prior to his consultant appointment, he was a senior registrar in general surgery at Middlesex Hospital, London.

John Stephen Winter was born on 21 January 1920 and educated and trained at Cambridge University and Liverpool University Medical School qualifying during the second world war. He served in the RAMC until 1947 and then joined the Royal Air Force Medical Service in 1950. Having worked in general, ort

Wilfred Anthony de Souza was a general surgeon in Goa and chief minister of the state on three occasions. He was born on 23 April 1927 at Vagator, Anjuna, a small village in north Goa, the son of Tito Fermino de Souza, a doctor, and Alina Ana Maria de Souza. In 1930 Wilfred's father went to Kampala,

Ron Todd was amongst only the second generation of surgeons appointed to the Wrexham hospitals. He was initially based at the War Memorial Hospital and also in the expanded Emergency Medical Services (EMS) hospital in the town, which was later further developed into the district general hospital for

Lynne Wilford Baker was head of the department of surgery at the University of Natal Medical School, South Africa. He was born on 28 June 1928 in Potchefstroom, Transvaal, the first child of Lynne Wilford Borrius Baker, a bank clerk, and Fredericka Wilhelmina Baker née Tom, the daughter of a ‘landro

Brian Sterry Ashby was born in Northampton on 28 August 1930, the son of Roland Sterry Ashby, an estate agent and auctioneer. His mother, Marion Elizabeth née Phillips, was a company director whose father and two brothers were all dental surgeons. He attended Waynefleet House primary school in Brack

Roger Armour was a consultant general and vascular surgeon at the Lister Hospital in Stevenage, who in retirement invented an inexpensive ophthalmoscope, which could be used in poorer regions of the world. He was born Roger Hanif Ahmed on 19 August 1934 in Murree, a small hill station in the foothil

Christopher Wilfred Venables was born on 10 March 1935 in Southend-on-Sea, Essex. He was the only son of Wilfred George Venables, the manager of a chain store, and his wife Norah née Rainey. Educated in Swindon, he attended the Commonweal and Headlands Grammar Schools and won a Wiltshire County scho

Vera Gammon was an consultant ENT surgeon in East Glamorgan. 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