Little is known of the life of Isaac William Ball. Having qualified at Manchester in 1937 he served during the second world war as a Surgeon Lieutenant-Commander in the RNVR. He held posts at the Christie Cancer Hospital, Manchester, and the Manchester Royal Infirmary and was a demonstrator in anato

After the war Alan Johnson came to England to specialise in surgery and returned to Taupo, New Zealand after he had passed the FRCS in 1948. He died on 10 January 1995.

Victor Cumberland qualified in Sydney and came to England after the war to specialise in surgery. Having passed the final FRCS he returned to Sydney to become honorary assistant surgeon to the Royal North Shore Hospital and surgeon to St Joseph's Hospital, Auburn. He died on 20 April 1997.

Herbert Dales was born in Lisburn, County Antrim, on 17 October 1919. His father was Samuel Hugh Dales, a mill manager. His mother was Muriel Gertrude née Calvert. He was educated at Campbell College, Belfast, and went on to Queen's University Belfast to study medicine. There he won scholarships in

Gottlieb graduated from the University of Witwatersrand in 1934 and practised in Johannesburg. After the second world war he came to Britain for postgraduate study, and took the Edinburgh and English Fellowship. Returning to South Africa he practised successfully as a surgical consultant at 904 Harl

Educated at the University of Toronto, where he graduated in 1940. After war service he took the Fellowship in 1948 and then returned to Canada, settling at Vancouver, British Colombia where he was Medical Officer to the Workmen's Compensation Board. He died in Vancouver on 8 September 1972 in his f

Robert (Robin) Tagart was born in Northern Rhodesia on 21 June 1919 and was educated at Winchester College and Magdalen College, Oxford, to which he won a Rhodes scholarship. He qualified in 1942 and during the war served as a surgeon-lieutenant in the Royal Navy. Subsequently he was appointed re

John Raine, one of New Zealand's most distinguished surgeons, was born on 12 March 1919 in Wellington. His father John was an importer of china and glassware. His mother was Harriet Eva née Cox. John was educated at Scots College, Wellington, where he was *dux* in 1933, winnng the Pattie cup for the

George Clifford Jennings graduated in New Zealand and during the second world war he served as a regimental medical officer in the Western Desert. At Sidi Rezegh he was blown up by a land mine and was captured and transferred to Italy where he spent a very difficult time as a prisoner of war till he

David Vincent Evans was born on 27 December 1920 and studied medicine at the London Hospital, taking the MB BS in 1944 and the FRCS in 1948. After house appointments at the Royal Free Hospital and the London Hospital he became senior surgical registrar at the London, and held a similar post at Guy's

Alan Pollock was a consultant surgeon at Scarborough Hospital, Yorkshire. He was born on 10 September 1921 in Johannesburg, South Africa, and went to school and University in Cape Town, where he graduated in medicine in 1943, winning a medal in surgery along the way. After house appointments he join

Denis Shaw was a consultant surgeon at Keighley and Airedale. He qualified at Leeds in 1940, having represented the Combined English Universities at fencing, and taking his turn at fire-watching. He always remembered watching bombs dropping on the City Museum. After house jobs he joined the RAMC, ri