Cato was the son of F J Cato a business man in Melbourne. After attending Wesley College, Cato commenced his medical studies at the University of Melbourne; while a student he received a severe back injury, which always gave him trouble, but did not restrain his enormous vitality. He qualified in 19

Chambers was educated at St Bartholomew's Hospital, qualifying with the conjoint Diploma in 1909, and obtained the Diploma in Public Health from the University of Leeds in 1912. Through the war of 1914-18 he served in France as Surgeon to 1st Regiment of Household Cavalry (the Life Guards), winni

John Bertram Phillips was born in Sydney, New South Wales, on 9 June 1924, the only son of Gerald Bertram Phillips, a dental mechanic, and his wife Isabel May, née Cunningham. His early education was at Lindfield Primary School, Sydney, and North Sydney Boys' High School. He studied medicine at Sydn

Thomas Pirotta qualified MB BS from Adelaide in 1955. He was appointed resident medical officer to the Royal Adelaide Hospital in 1956. On coming to England he worked as a senior house officer at the Leicester Royal Infirmary in 1960 and was appointed registrar to the orthopaedic and traumatological

George Pitt was born in Marylebone, London, on 17 July 1898, the third child and elder son of George Newton Pitt, MD, FRCP, and Jane Elizabeth Heriot, a banker's daughter. After education at Leas Court, Folkestone, and Highgate School he served as a Lieutenant in the Royal Artillery from 1916 to 191

Max Apthorp Lautre studied medicine at St Thomas's Hospital where he was casualty officer and house surgeon. Before returning to South Africa he was resident surgical officer to Wolverhampton and Staffordshire Hospital. He was practising in the Transvaal when he died on 25 April 1977, survived by

Born at Cobar, New South Wales, in 1899, the son of a medical practitioner, Charles Lawes was educated at Newington College where he played both cricket and football for his school. He went to Sydney University and qualified in 1923 and also played cricket for the University and the State. He procee

Chanmugan took the Fellowship in December 1958, and then returned to Ceylon, where he practised at Colombo during the following seven years. He died on 23 July 1966.

Ernest Joachim Joseph Borges held an appointment at the Tata Memorial Hospital in Bombay at the time of his death on 3 March 1969. His daughter, Dr Anita M Borges, MD, MRC Path. joined the staff of the same hospital in 1981.

Patrick Kiely was a professor of surgery at the University of Cork. 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

Eric Eccles MacKay was a gynaecologist in the outpatients department at St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne. He was born in 1898 and studied medicine at Melbourne University, qualifying with the MB BS in 1920. He gained his MD in 1922. He went to the UK for further training at the London Hospital an

Simon Marinker was chief of surgery for the Algoma District Medical Group in Sault Ste Marie, Ontario, Canada. He was born in Paris on 6 April 1913, but moved with his family to London during his childhood. His brother, Marshall, who was 17 years younger, became a professor of general practice at th