Peter Kudelka was an orthopaedic surgeon at the Royal Melbourne Hospital. He was born in Vienna on 31 May 1932, the eldest son of Oscar Kudelka, a medical practitioner, and Caroline Therese Kudelka née Grassl. He attended Scotch College, Melbourne, and went on to study medicine at Melbourne Universi

Robert Symon Garden, the youngest of the three children of John Garden, a farmer, and of Elizabeth Garden (née Hackett), was born at Macduff, Banffshire, on 2 August 1910. He was educated at Robert Gordon's College, Aberdeen, and Marischal College, Aberdeen University, where he graduated in 1934. Af

James Patrick was born in Kirkcaldy, Fife, on 31 May 1909, the son of George Patrick, a school master. He was educated at Kirkcaldy High School and Edinburgh University and during his student years he secured the Pattison Prize in clinical surgery, the Allan Fellowship in clinical surgery and the An

Howard Livingstone Peake was born in Fianarantsoa, Madagascar, on 16 December 1901, the fourth child of George Henry Peake FRCS (Edinburgh) and Agnes Martha, née Fredoux. He was educated at Bournemouth Secondary School and Guy's Hospital Medical School. He qualified in 1925 and after serving as hous

'Peter' Korvin was born on 7 August 1902, the only son of Wilhelm Korvin, a medical practitioner in Vienna, and Alice Müller. He attended the state grammar school in Vienna and Vienna University, where he qualified in 1925. He did his orthopaedic training at the Allgemeines Krankenhaus in Vienna and

Michael Kugler received his medical education at Guy's Hospital, whence he qualified MB BS in 1946. After qualification he specialised in orthopaedics and was for a time senior orthopaedic registrar at the West Middlesex Hospital. He emigrated to Canada, practising in Toronto first as orthopaedic re

Rodney Lam was educated at Edinburgh University, qualifying MB ChB in 1946, and obtained the DTMH in 1947. Deciding to specialise in orthopaedics, he spent his working life in East Kent, first as a surgical registrar with the Canterbury Hospital group and later as a medical assistant (orthopaedic su

Heber Langston was born in Croydon, Surrey, on 1 July 1907, the eldest son of Earle Legh Langston, a Clerk in Holy Orders, and Alice, née Carr. He was educated at Monkton Combe School, Bath, and St Bartholomew's Hospital, where he qualified in 1931 with distinction in surgery. After junior appoin

Alan Hardy was born in Sheffield on 3 August 1915. His father, Thomas Arthur, was a cutlery manufacturer and his mother was Florence Mildred, née Brumby. He was educated at Birkdale Prep School, Sheffield, and Rydal School, Colwyn Bay, and at Lincoln College, Oxford, where he obtained the Oxford and

Edward Hargadon qualified MB ChB at the University of Wales in 1948 and obtained the conjoint diploma in the same year. He gained the Fellowship of both the College and the Edinburgh College in 1957. After a house post in the Fracture and Orthopaedic Department of the Royal Infirmary, Cardiff, he ma

Robert Henderson was born in Lucknow on 23 December 1916, the son of Selby Herriot Henderson IMS and Ruby, née Wells, whose father was a survivor of the siege of the Residency in Lucknow during the Indian Mutiny. He qualified from St Bartholomew's Hospital and did junior posts at the Birmingham Acci

John Malcolm Barnes was a consultant orthopaedic surgeon in Bangor. He was born in Glasgow on 24 March 1943. His father, Roland Barnes (qv), was the first Professor of orthopaedics in Glasgow, who had trained under Sir Harry Platt at the Manchester Royal Infirmary. His mother Mary Mills née Buckley