Edward Barker, or 'Edoo', was born in Johannesburg in 1926 and came to England to specialise in surgery. Having passed the FRCS he returned to South Africa in 1959, working for a time in private practice before returning to full-time academic work in the University of Natal in 1991. There he did res

Ramesh Kumar received his professional education at the University of the Punjab, qualifying MB BS in 1944. After passing the Fellowship in 1952, he practised in Britain for some years and worked for a time at the Alder Hey Children's Hospital. He returned to India in the 1960s and practised in Calc

Anthony Owen Parker gained MB BS at Sydney University in 1942. He was resident medical officer at Sydney Hospital in 1942-43 and at Prince Henry Hospital 1943-44. He came to London and in 1951-53 he was surgical registrar at Poplar Hospital. He was surgical registrar at Princess Beatrice Hospital

Percy Helman was born on New Year's Day, 1924. He was educated at Laingsburg Junior and High School and at the University of Cape Town, where he graduated MB ChB in 1946. He served his internship in medicine and surgery at Groote Schuur Hospital and started his surgical training in Cape Town. He the

Roger Parnis was born on 6 October 1923 in Sliema, Malta. His father, Eric, was a Judge, and his mother was Lucy, née Chapelle. His uncle, Henry Parnis, was a psychiatrist who spent some years working at Colney Hatch Mental Hospital in North London and another uncle, Edward Chapelle, spent most of h

Robert Hinrichsen was probably born in Brazil and qualified MD at the University of Brazil in 1929. He travelled to Scotland and became surgeon to Gleneagles Hospital and clinical tutor at the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary. In 1939 he qualified LRCP, FRCS Edinburgh and FRFPS Glasgow. During the secon

William Douglas Friend was visiting surgeon at the Royal Brisbane Hospital. He was born on 22 September 1924, in Brisbane, where his father Percy Alfred Friend was a sheep-farmer. His mother, Dorothy Frances, née Webb, had served as a staff nurse with the 2nd Australian General Hospital in Egypt and

Brian McEvedy was a consultant in general surgery at the Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. He was born in Manchester on 13 December 1923, the second of three medical sons of Peter McEvedy of Ancoats Hospital, one of the great names in hernia surgery. His mother was Lilian Grace née Denn

John Reginald Turner Newham returned to South Africa for some years after passing his Fellowship in 1952. He came back to the UK to practice in Wales and lived in Cowbridge, South Glamorgan. His death was reported to the College in 2002.

George Pestell was born in Perth, Western Australia, on 17 March 1921. His father George was a bank manager. His mother was Lilian May née Parker. One of his ancestors was the loyalist poet and chaplain to King Charles 1st, Thomas Pestell, and another, Paul Pestell, helped to start the Decembrist Re

'Bill' Irvine was born 19 March 1925 in Glasgow, the son of George Irvine. He was educated by his father and then at the University of Glasgow. After qualifying he planned his own programme of surgical training and successively worked with Sir Charles Illingworth (Glasgow), Peter McEvedy (Manchester

Jagat Singh Karanwal was surgeon superintendent at the Hindu Rao Hospital in Delhi when he died suddenly of a heart attack on 5 July 1976 aged fifty-eight years. He was survived by his wife, Dora.