James Russell Fergusson Downie (Jim) was born on 5 November, 1932 to George and Gertrude Downie at St Georges Hospital, Kew. He spent his childhood in Auburn attending school firstly at Auburn South Primary School, then Gardenvale, the Melbourne High School where he matriculated with distinction. Th

Ian Penn was a surgeon in Western Australia. He was born on 4 August 1920 and gained his FRCS in 1962. The Royal College of Surgeons was informed of his death in April 2014.

Reza Larizadeh was born on 28 August 1934 in Ahraz, Southern Iran. He came to England and studied at the Edgbaston School of Science and the University of Wales. In 1958 he took the Conjoint Diploma and the MB BCh and the FRCS in 1962. Before returning to Iran he held appointments at Cardiff, Sheffi

Gordon Clunie was a pre-eminent figure in the surgical life of Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific. Born in Fiji, he received his primary school education in Suva and secondary schooling at first in Hamilton New Zealand and later in Edinburgh. He studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh, g

Amarish Jagmohan Parikh was a surgeon who lived and worked in Ahmedabad, India. He was born in Umreth in Gujarat State, India on 2 March 1934, the seventh child and fourth son of Jagmohan Lalbhai Parikh, a civil judge, and Saraswati Parikh née Chokshi. He attended the Government High School, Nadiad,

Lucas Carl Jansen van Rensburg was always known as Boet. Although he was born in Parys, Free State, South Africa, his family lived mostly on the Zambian copperbelt and he travelled long distances to attend boarding school in Bethlehem. He studied medicine at the University of Cape Town and graduated

Kenneth Carroll was born in Australia and studied medicine at Queensland University, qualifying MB, BS in 1956. After house jobs at Gympie General Hospital, he came to the UK and worked at the Gravesend and North Kent Hospital in Gravesend. He became a senior surgical registrar at St Bartholomew’s H

James Robert Clough was a surgeon who lived in Bristol. 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

Alexander Cameron, known as ‘Alistair’, was a consultant surgeon at Norfolk and Norwich Hospital. He was born in Tranent, East Lothian, on 1 August 1933, the son of Alexander Cameron, a miner who became vice-president of the National Union of Mineworkers for the Scottish area, and Margaret née Hogg,

Brian Higgs was a consultant general surgeon in Wycombe and Amersham. He was born in Bedford on 21 June 1935, and was educated at Bedford College and then Caius College, Cambridge, where he studied medicine. In 1957 he went on to Westminster Hospital Medical School, where he won several prizes, incl

Colin Windsor was a general surgeon in Worcester. He was born on 26 February 1933 in Stourport-on-Severn, Worcestershire, and attended grammar schools in Kidderminster and Stourbridge. He excelled in sports, especially rugby, as well as academic subjects. Qualifying from the University of Birmingham

James Francis ‘Jim’ Carter was a general surgeon in Auckland, New Zealand. He was born on 17 March 1933 in Rawene Northland, New Zealand, one of six children of hardworking share milkers and agricultural labourers who frequently had to move to seek work in those days of depression. He was educated a