Barry O’Donnell was a paediatric surgeon at Our Lady’s Hospital for Sick Children, Dublin. 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

Donald Manton Llewelyn was a paediatric surgeon at the Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney. He was born in Sydney on 11 December 1929, the sixth child and fourth son of Arthur Stuart Llewelyn, an insurance executive, and Loys Llewelyn née Bartrim, the daughter of a farmer. He was educated at Roseville

Sidney Cywes was born in South Africa in the town of Paarl in the Western Cape on 1 January 1931. He studied medicine at the University of Cape Town (UCT) and graduated MB, ChB in 1953. He trained at the Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital (RCWMCH) and worked there throughout his career. In 1

Archie Wilmot Middleton studied medicine at Sydney University. After qualifying in 1943, he was RMO at the Repatriation Hospital in Sydney for two years and then registrar at the Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children in Sydney for another year. He came to London to specialise in surgery and was regi

Little is known about Kathleen Frith, who qualified at the Royal Free Hospital in 1946. She subsequently trained in surgery, taking her FRCS diploma in 1952 and becoming a surgical registrar at Leicester Royal Infirmary. Later she was appointed senior surgical registrar at the Hospital for Sick Chil

Aubrey Charles Bowring, known as ‘Toby’, was head of paediatric surgery at Sydney Children’s Hospital, Randwick, New South Wales. He was born in Sydney on 10 January 1924 to Clarence Bowring, a railway conductor, and Ella Bowring née Ryan. The family later moved to Albury, New South Wales. At kinder

Joanna Marcia Catherine Zlotnik was a paediatric surgeon. Born on 26 July 1943 in Edinburgh, she was the eldest child of Izrael Zlotnik, an experimental neuropathologist and his wife Amelia née Vinestock. Educated initially at St Hilary’s School in Edinburgh, she then attended Boroughmuir Senior Sec

John Wagget was the second full-time paediatric surgeon in Newcastle upon Tyne, initially at the Fleming Memorial Hospital for Sick Children and the Babies Hospital, then later at the Royal Victoria Infirmary when both the former hospitals closed. He was born in Chester-le-Street, County Durham,

Dr Robert Bruce Filmer, 77, of Quarryville, PA died on Sunday, August 23, 2015 at Hospice & Community Care, Mt. Joy. Born in Sydney, Australia, he was the son of Albert Robert and Janet Isabel Watson Filmer and spouse of Thomas Howard Mitchell. Bruce served his fellowship in Australia, England, a

Alan Rhodes was a consultant in general and paediatric surgery in Coventry. He was born in Wolverhampton on 1 April 1936 to Florence Rhodes née Levers, a secretary, and Wilfred Rhodes, a clerk. After a stellar performance at Wolverhampton Grammar School, he entered Birmingham Medical School in 1953.

Gordon Stuart Baron-Hay was a consultant paediatric surgeon at the Princess Margaret Hospital for Children in Perth, Western Australia. He was born in Perth on 26 June 1935. His father was George Kingston Baron-Hay, an agriculturalist; his mother, Vera, was a psychiatrist. He was educated at Wesley

John McIlwaine was a very capable general and paediatric surgeon, of sharp intellect, with a keen sense of humour and liked by all who met him. He died 24 November 2013. John was born in Wellington on 25 January 1934 to John Erskine McIlwaine (a veterinary surgeon) and Celia Ann Coombe. His famil