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

Samareswar Bhattacharyya, known as ‘Samar’, was a general surgeon for the West Wales Regional Health Authority. He was born in Calcutta, India on 5 August 1919, the son of a radiologist, and studied medicine at the R G Kar Medical College in the city, qualifying in 1945. The same year he went to

Newton, who spent much of his career in the Royal Army Medical Corps in which he rose to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel, received his medical education at Manchester, graduating MB ChB there in 1952. Having held registrarships at the Christie Hospital and Holt Radium Institute, Manchester, he was la

Kenneth Chambler was a surgeon in Texas before becoming a general practitioner in East Sussex. He was born in Doncaster on 3 December 1927, the son of Frank Chambler and Mary Chambler née Wilson. His father worked on the railways, as did his maternal grandfather. He attended grammar school and then

Marx Wald was a general surgeon at the Royal Perth Hospital. He was born in Sydney, the son of Solomon Marx Wald, a farmer, and Bell Marx née Nissenbau. He studied medicine at Sydney University, qualifying MB BS in 1955. He held junior posts at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in Sydney and at th

Joe Siegenberg was a surgeon in British Columbia, Canada. He was born on 3 January 1927 in Johannesburg, South Africa, the son of Lewis (Lou) Siegenberg and Sarah Siegenberg née Bernstein. He was a self-starter, an individual who, even though he came from a challenging, difficult background, managed

Ron Sellwood was professor of surgery at the University Hospital of South Manchester (UHSM). He undertook his initial surgical training in Bristol, where he held house officer appointments at the Bristol Royal Infirmary. After military service with the RAMC in Hong Kong, he continued his surgical tr

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