George Hayes Brandis was born in Australia on 12 February 1896 and was educated at Melbourne University, qualifying in 1918 when the first world war was ending. After holding a resident post at Melbourne Hospital he served in the Rosemount Military Hospital in Queensland 1920-21, and was appointed t

Walton Howarth Bremner was born on 28 March 1902, the son of J R Bremner of Dunedin. After attending the Otago Boys' High School and Otago Medical School, Dunedin, he graduated MB ChB in 1923, coming to Christchurch as a house surgeon the following year. In 1926 he went overseas and later married Dr

Born on 26 January 1889 son of Edward Ingram Taylor and Margaret Boole, he was educated at University College School, University College and University College Hospital, where he qualified in November 1911 with the Conjoint Diploma, following this up with the qualifying degrees of London University

After qualification he acted as RMO and senior surgical clinical assistant at the Alfred Hospital, Melbourne in 1942, and assistant to out-patient surgery at Prince Henry's Hospital. Joining the AIF he served for some time as a Captain in the RAAMC Reserve in New Guinea and Bougainville, and in 1946

He practised at 29 Chaulpati Lane, Bhawanipur, Calcutta, and is believed to have died about 1957, aged around 60.

Educated at Leeds, he served as house surgeon at the General Infirmary and the Hospital for Women and Children, after qualifying with first-class honours and winning many prizes. He then went into general practice at Holmfirth near Huddersfield. During the first world war he served in the RAMC. A

Educated at St Bartholomew's where he served as house surgeon, he was also house surgeon at the East London Hospital for Children. He settled in South Africa in 1902, practising at Fordsburg, Transvaal. After the first world war he moved to Johannesburg, practising at Mayfair for nearly twenty years

Born on 17 August 1872 at Hamilton, Bermuda son of the Rev (afterwards Archdeacon) George Tucker and Theodosia Trott his wife, he was educated at Charles Grey's School, Bermuda, at Trinity College School, Port Hope, Canada 1887-91, and at Caius College, Cambridge from October 1891. He rowed in the C

Born on 20 January 1920 the son of Walter S Turnbull of Neville's Cross, an official of the Durham County Council, he was educated at the Johnston Grammar School, Durham and at Newcastle Medical School. He qualified with second-class honours in 1942, and served as house surgeon at the Royal Victoria

Educated at the Universities of Wales and Glasgow and at Glasgow Royal Infirmary, he qualified just as war broke out in 1914. He joined the RAMC and won the Military Cross and bar on active service. He rose to the rank of Major and served as a surgical specialist at the Royal Victoria Hospital, Netl

Educated at University College Hospital where he was appointed house surgeon, he qualified in 1943 during the second world war and was commissioned in the RAMC. After demobilisation he was surgical casualty officer at the Birmingham General Hospital and resident surgical registrar at the Birmingham

Born on 1 May 1893, the son of an Instructor Captain in the Royal Navy and his French wife, he was born at Brest and spent his infancy in Japan, with the result that he could speak Japanese before he could speak English. Educated at Portsmouth Grammar School and the Middlesex Hospital, he qualified