Donald Forsyth Lawson graduated from the University of Melbourne in 1933 and his early appointments included that of resident medical officer at the Royal Melbourne Hospital in 1934. He passed the diploma in gynaecology and obstetrics at Melbourne in 1936 and following this was medical superintenden

Norman Edwards was born on 6 October 1899 in Manchester, the son of Robert Griffith Edwards, a pharmacist, and Mary, née Roberts. He was educated at Manchester Grammar School and Manchester University Medical School. He became consultant gynaecologist to the Derby Women's Hospital, Derby City Hospit

Alan Gillespie was born on 25 May 1928. He studied medicine at London University and trained at University College Hospital (UCH), graduating MB, BS with first class honours in 1951. After initial house jobs at UCH and the Samaritan Hospital for Women in London, he was appointed senior registrar in

Beatrice Dobbie was born on 5 July 1903 at Sutton Coldfield in Warwickshire, the second daughter of John Edward Willmott, a company secretary, and his wife Florence, née Grannidge. She was educated at Devon Lodge, Sutton Coldfield, King Edward VI High School, Birmingham, and subsequently at Girton C

Graeme McLeish was born in Melbourne on 6 June 1930. His father, Roderick Simpson McLeish, was a salesman and his mother was Doris, née Hague. From Spring Road School he gained a scholarship to Scotch College, Melbourne, where he was Dux of the school in 1947 and school captain in 1948. He held RMO

Constance Ethel Fozzard was a consultant gynaecologist for the Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Health Authority, and a mayor of Truro. She born on 10 February 1933 at Hendon, London, the daughter of Albert Fozzard, a minister, and Ethel Fozzard née Leibe, an American originally from New Jersey. She had

Stanley Way was born in Portsmouth on 16 January 1913, the son of a naval officer and after early education entered the Middlesex Hospital for his clinical studies, qualifying in 1936. During his early years he was greatly influenced by the example of Victor Bonney and acquired a lifelong interest i

Stanley Hans was an obstetrician and gynaecologist in Harlow, Essex.

John Daniel Crowley was an obstetrician and gynaecologist in Palmerston North, New Zealand. He was born in Greymouth, New Zealand on 18 July 1926, and was educated at St Bede’s College in Christchurch during the Second World War. He then studied medicine at Otago, qualifying in 1952. He went to t

Liam Hugh Wright was born in Taranaki, New Zealand in December 1926. His father, William John Wright, fought in the first world war. His mother, Stella née Hickey had been the headmistress of Opunake School but retired from teaching after her marriage as the couple embarked on running the family far

Born on 28 March 1888 at Corbar NSW son of a schoolmaster, he was educated at Sydney Grammar School and Sydney University. Qualifying in 1911 he was appointed RMO at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in Sydney and in 1912 he became a demonstrator of anatomy. In 1914 he joined the Australian Expeditionary

Jean Burton-Brown was a consultant gynaecologist to the east Kent group of hospitals. She was born in Rothsay on the Isle of Bute, Scotland, on 13 July 1908, the only daughter of Alexander Burton-Brown, a colonel in the Royal Horse Artillery and a fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society, and Ethel