After serving in the Australian Imperial Forces from 1942 to 1966, Donald Norman Leckie qualified MB BS at Sydney in 1953. From that time he held a number of posts at the Balmain District Hospital, Sydney, including that of medical superintendent, until he came to Britain in 1957. Here he held posts

Barclay Chivas Abernethy was born on 18 January 1928 in Aberdeen, son of Andrew, a commission agent, and Anne Hendry. He was educated in Robert Gordon's College, Aberdeen, and Aberdeen University, qualifying in 1949. After house appointments in Aberdeen his postgraduate education included posts at N

John de Beaux spent much of his career working in the Colonial Medical Service, and then worked in Elgin, Scotland, as a consultant surgeon. He was born in Amritsar, India, on 3 December 1921, into an old Anglo-Indian family with many connections in the Colonial Service. His father, Louis Dudley de

John Anderson came from a well-known St Andrews golfing family. His grandfather, Jamie, won the Open Championship three times, 1877-78-79 and he was noted for his precision and flair. Anderson was educated at Madras College, St Andrews, Strathallan School, Perthshire, and St Andrews University where

Hiralal Vadilal Shah was born in Tarasali Tal-Baroda in Gujarat State, India. He went to the Shre Sayaji High School in Baroda and he entered Grant Medical College in Bombay, qualifying in 1952, his clinical training being at the Jeejeebhoy Group of Hospitals. After obtaining his FRCS he joined t

Puspanathan Sadasivan Vaithilingam was born in Durban, on 19 September 1927, the eldest son in a family of eight brothers and one sister. His father, Sadasivan Vaithilingam, was a successful farmer, and his mother was Pappathee, née Reddy. After schooling at Sastri College he emigrated to Scotland i

After qualifying from Sydney University, he worked in New Zealand 1953-1955 holding house appointments at Dannevirke Hospital, Hawke's Bay and Dunedin Hospital and as surgical registrar at Christchurch Hospital. He came to England in 1956, and after periods at St James's Hospital, the London Ches

Francis Sandor was born in Budapest on 13 July 1905. His father, Ignac, was a businessman in Budapest and his mother, Jenni Cipszer, was a teacher. He left Hungary with the advent of Communism and went back to medical school in Edinburgh and re-qualified as LRFPS (Glasgow) in 1952. He originally tra

Dick Aldridge was a surgeon in Wellington, New Zealand. He was born in Auckland on 18 June 1930. He was educated at Palmerston North Boys High School, where he was dux of the school. He attended Victoria University College and qualified from Otago Medical School in 1953. He was a house surgeon in We