Michael was born in Waimate, to Ronald, surgeon, general practitioner and Superintendent of the Waimate Hospital, and Mary Armstrong, a talented amateur artist. Both parents played the violin and from an early age Michael learned the piano and singing. He had a younger sister, Janet who would go on

Trevor Pickering was a consultant surgeon at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia, a member of Australia’s first successful transplant team and president of the Australian Medical Association (AMA). He was born in Adelaide, South Australia, the only child of Hilda Hale Bleckly and

Allan Smith was director of surgery at Nambour Hospital, Queensland. He was born in Adelaide, South Australia on 6 May 1951, the son of Pauline and Frank Smith. Allan was an only child and spent his formative first years growing up in the community of Dublin, South Australia, just outside of Adelaid

Ronald Geoffrey Kay was a caring, compassionate surgeon of considerable humility who set high standards of clinical excellence, demonstrating insight and respect for his patients. He was a trusted, respected and valued colleague sought out as a mentor and teacher by many New Zealand surgeons and tra

John Norton Taylor was an Australian ophthalmologist who contributed to improvements in the treatment of oculomotor nerve palsy. He was born in Adelaide, Australia, and was a direct descendant of Eliza Sturt, the sister of Captain Charles Sturt, a prominent Australian explorer in the early 19th cent

Ian Harris was surgeon to the government of Brunei. He was born in Adelaide in 1920. His father had emigrated from Scotland, and Ian himself felt profoundly Scottish. He interrupted his medical studies to join the Royal Navy during the second world war. In the North Sea and later in the Mediterranea

Arthur Pinkerton Crawford, the son of Andrew Pinkerton Crawford, a doctor, and his wife Lilian Mary, née Donnelly, was born on 22 September 1923 at Caboolture, Queensland, Australia. At the age of ten he spent a year confined to bed as a result of polio and was educated at the Church of England Gram

Hugh Barry was a senior orthopaedic surgeon at Sydney's Royal Prince Alfred Hospital. He was born in Orange in 1912 and educated at Sydney Grammar School. He studied medicine at the University of Sydney, won a blue at rugby, and was awarded the Rhodes scholarship for New South Wales, which took him

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

Dr John Lawrence Bignell, a leading ophthalmologist in Melbourne for many years, died on Monday 31 October 2005 after a long illness. John was born in Melbourne on 24 May 1917, the second son of Colonel and Mrs F Bignell; his father was also a doctor and served in France in the First World War. J

Kevin Francis King was an orthopaedic surgeon in Melbourne, Australia. He was born in St Kilda, Melbourne, the third child of Thomas King, one of the first recognised orthopaedic surgeons in the city. His mother was Nina Mary King née Keyes, the daughter of an Irish general practitioner based in the

Born on 4 April 1891 at Singleton, New South Wales the son of Arthur S. Buchanan of Eastwood NSW, he was educated at Sydney High School and University, qualifying just before war broke out in 1914. He served in the Royal Australian Army Medical Corps throughout the war, at first on active service wi