Douglas William Guthrie was educated at Bayfield School and later at Auckland Grammar School. He graduated from Otago Medical School in 1935. After house surgeon years at Auckland Hospital he came to England and passed his Final Fellowship exams in 1939. He returned to Auckland Hospital where he

John Havelock North was born on 16 April 1903 in Christchurch, New Zealand. His father, John James North, DD, was principal of the Baptist College, Auckland; his mother was Cecilia, née Haig. One brother, Alfred (later Sir), became President, Court of Appeal and the other, Kenneth, was Principal, Pa

Anthony (Tony) Benjamin Oliveira was born in Ceylon (Sri Lanka) on 23 November 1923, the only child of Benjamin Ernest Graeme Oliveira and Edith Glenny, née Davies. He was educated at Stowe School and King's College, London, and later at Westminster Hospital. During the second world war he enlist

Colonel Dwarka Prasad Bhargava was professor of surgery at the Prince of Wales Medical College, Patna and Agra, India. He gained his FRCS in 1933. His son, Kamta, also became a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons.

Alfreda Helen Baker, elder daughter of Alfred Rawlings Baker, an artist, and of Hannah Mary Baker (née Holdaway), was born in Belfast on 2 October 1897. She was educated at Belfast College of Technology, where she secured an honours diploma in chemistry, and at Queen's University, Belfast, where she

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

Andrew Roy Banham was the only son of Sydney Marshall Banham, a general practitioner, and of Sophie Grace Banham (née Hacking) herself a medical practitioner who practised ophthalmology. He was born in Ealing on 15 October 1904. After early education at Yardley Court, Tonbridge, he secured an open s

David Robert Ernest Reeve studied medicine at St Bartholomew's Hospital and graduated MB BS in 1964, passing the Conjoint Diploma the same year. He became casualty surgeon to St Charles's Hospital, London, lecturer in anatomy to King's College, London and surgical registrar to Bart's. He was then ap

Stanley Francis Reid, while a medical student at Melbourne, took a keen interest in flying and was one of a small band of students who joined the Citizen Air Force at Laverton, where he won his 'wings'. After qualifying MB BS Melbourne in 1936 he held posts as RMO in the Royal Melbourne Hospital, 19

William John Oram studied medicine at the University of New Zealand and qualified in 1947. He spent most of his life there and no details are available of his career. He died in Auckland on 7 February 1990 survived by his wife Carolyn.

Charles Osborn was born on 10 July 1897 at Boort, Victoria, Australia. He was the son of Harwood Henry Osborn, a doctor, and his wife Edith Annie, a teacher. He was educated at the Melbourne Church of England Grammar School and the University of Melbourne where he qualified MB BS in 1918. Having

Neil Stamford Painter was born in London on 23 February 1923, the only son of Robert Painter, a consulting engineer, and Dorothy, née Matthews, a concert soprano. He was educated at St Michael's School, Otford, Kent and obtained a scholarship to Woodbridge School, Suffolk. On leaving school he enter