Darrel Felix Weinmann was educated at St Peter’s College, Colombo where he was a high achiever both academically and on the sports field, becoming school cricket captain. He studied medicine in Sri Lanka, qualifying with first class honours and winning the Hallet prize, and then travelled to the UK.

Eugene Poh Hwye Chu was a general surgeon in Hong Kong. He studied medicine at Melbourne University graduating in 1956 and doing house jobs at the Prince Henry Hospital. Having passed the fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh in 1959, he passed the college fellowship the following

Charles James Hume Logan was born in Lisburn, County Antrim, Northern Ireland on 3 March 1931. He was the only child of Isaac Logan, a cattle dealer, and his wife Margaretta née Charles. After attending school in Lisburn, he finished his education at Campbell College in Belfast from 1944 to 1949. A

John Masterton epitomised the term "canny Scot" and also adopted the Aussie characteristic of giving everyone "a fair go". The Royal Australasian College of surgeons has indeed been fortunate that John chose to spend the last 52 years of his working life since 1963 here in Melbourne. The College

Jim Lawson was a consultant surgeon at North Staffordshire Royal Infirmary, Stoke-on-Trent. He was born in Birmingham on 28 October 1930. He was educated at King Edward’s School and qualified from Birmingham University Medical School in 1954, intercalating with a degree in physiology in 1952. He als

Ivo Smith studied medicine at the University of Cambridge and trained at St Mary’s Hospital. After house jobs at the Royal Northern, St Mary’s and the Royal Masonic Hospitals he passed the fellowship of the college in 1960. He was appointed consultant surgeon at Guy’s and the Lewisham Hospitals. He

Robert Alexander Roxburgh was born on 26 November 1929 in London at 5, Redington Road, Hampstead. He was the son of Archibald Cathcart Roxburgh FRCP, a consultant dermatologist, and his wife Mary née Lambert, whose father had been a colonel in the 2nd Dragoon Guards. He was the youngest of their fou

John Kille was a general surgeon and urologist in Burnie, Tasmania. He was born in Surrey, of parents Reginald Kille, an accountant, and Rene Vernon. As a boy he lived near Croyden, spending many hours watching civil aeroplanes and later RAF fighters and bombers, soon becoming a competent aircraft s

Manickavasagar Balasegaram was a pioneering surgeon in Malaysia, who gained prominence for his anatomical studies of the liver and for his development of the 'Balasegaram clamp'. 'Bala' or 'Prof', as he was known, was renowned for taking on complex surgeries that few others did in the region. He was

John 'Jack' Bradley was a consultant surgeon at Hillingdon and Mount Vernon hospitals. He was born in Paulton, Somerset, on 20 October 1927, the second child and only son of William Henry Bradley, a medical officer and epidemiologist at the Ministry of Health, and Gladys Maud Bradley née Smith, the

Christopher Wastell was professor of surgery at Westminster Medical School, London. He was born on 13 October 1932 in Birmingham, the fourth child and third son of Edgar Barker Wastell, a manager, and Doris Emeline Wastell née Pett. He was educated at George Dixon Primary School, Edgbaston, and then

David Glenn was a consultant general and colorectal surgeon at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, New South Wales. 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