John Egan Moulton was born in Molong, NSW in 1930, moved to Cootamundra with his mother and father and brother Bill, and then onto Broken Hill. He moved to Sydney to finish his schooling at Newington, becoming the 4th generation Moulton to be at the school. John played both rugby and cricket - sport

Aubrey Jansz, the youngest of three children, was born in Sri Lanka; his father was a bookstore manager and his mother a nurse. He initially attended Royal College, completing his secondary schooling at Alexandra College from where he won the prestigious Rustomjee Jamshediji Jeejeeboy Scholarship to

Richard English Dunstan (known as Dick) was a general surgeon at the Royal Adelaide Hospital, South Australia. He was born on 2 July 1923 in Adelaide, a much-loved son of Josephine Bayliss Dunstan née English and Harold Frank Dunstan, a general practitioner. He spent the early years of his life grow

Albert ('Bert') Thompson was a general and transplant surgeon at St Thomas' Hospital, London. He was born on 16 April 1928 in Newport, Monmouthshire, the son of John Percy Thompson (known as 'Jack') and Cordelia Ann Leach, a farmer's daughter. His father was a wholesale butcher with Swift and Co of

Robert Rihan was a consultant surgeon at Good Hope Hospital, Sutton Coldfield. He was born on 22 October 1927 in Birmingham, the son of Alexander Rihan, a general practitioner, and Ruby Lillian Floyd. He attended Edgbaston preparatory school and, during the war years, Rydal School, Colwyn Bay. In 19

Michael Madigan was a consultant general surgeon at Bishop's Stortford and Hertford hospitals. He was the son of Cecil Thomas Madigan, a distinguished Australian geologist and explorer, who extensively surveyed Central Australia and led the first major expedition across the Simpson Desert. He was al

Raphael Chukwudile Okoye Eruchalu was born on 4 March 1926 at Nnobi Village, Eastern Nigeria, the son of a trader, and educated at CMS Central Elementary School, Dennis Memorial Grammar School and Higher College, Lagos. He attended University College, Ibadan and University College Hospital Medical S

Geoff Oates was a general surgeon in Birmingham with a special interest in oncology. He was born in Wolsingham, county Durham, on 16 May 1929, the son of Thomas Oates, a headmaster, and Dorothy Verne Oates née Jones, a schoolteacher. He subsequently received the academic and sporting education chara