Mr Alan Bromwich OBE KStJ RFD MB BS FRCS FRACS had the reputation of a fearless and fast surgeon, but at the same time a gentle and knowledgeable man. Born in England in 1924, Alan graduated in Medicine from King's College Cambridge in 1945, then served with the Royal Air Force from 1946 to 1948.

Professor Richard (Dick) Clayton Bennett AM, FRACS had been a Fellow of this College since 1960 and a graduate of the University of Adelaide. As a surgeon in practice, he was based at St Vincent’s Hospital, Melbourne from 1966 to 1990. Professor Bennett was admitted to the Court of Honour in 1987

It has been difficult to write about Donald Sidey owing to his country of birth, his age and his family, most of whom have either died or disappeared. I will to do my best to record some of the significant parts of his surgical life, particularly in Adelaide where he was involved in the rapid and im

Few surgeons lived their lives as fully as Desmond Albert Cooper, Dr Des. He was an astonishingly good surgeon, a fine man and a man of many talents. As my son said ‘The Doc was funny, generous, kind, helpful, clever, and friendly and a great sailor and a good fisherman.’ Before he died we chatt

David Skeffington Johnson's forebears were notably medical. His father Alex Johnson was a well-known surgeon on the staff of Prince Alfred Hospital. St Ignatius College, Riverview was the school where he was dux; excelling in Latin and Greek. As well he was runner-up in the Cooper Scholarship Exa

Thomas Parker Davis, known as Todd, was a surgeon in New South Wales, Australia. He gained his fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons of England in 1963. He was also a fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons. Davis married Elwyn (Wyn), was the father of Ian, Jann, Robyn and Mega

Gordon Ormandy was a general surgeon in Adelaide, South Australia. He passed the fellowship of the college in 1960 and was appointed surgeon at a hospital in Broken Hill, New South Wales in 1964. Eleven years later, in 1975, he moved to Adelaide with his wife Joy and their four children. He retired

Claude Organ was a distinguished American surgeon and the second African-American President of the American College of Surgeons. He was born in 1927 in Marshall, Texas, and educated at Terrell High School, Denison, and then Xavier University, Louisiana. Denied acceptance to the University of Texas o

Murray Pheils was professor of surgery at the University of Sydney. He was born in Birmingham on 2 December 1917, the younger of the two sons of Elmer Theodore Pheils, an osteopath, and Lilian Mary née Cole. His father Elmer was a colourful character: he was born in Toledo, Ohio, and trained as an o

Lynton McHardie Berry was born on 19 August 1922 at Wellington, New Zealand; his father was Leonard James Berry, a business manager, and his mother was Gertrude Elaine Lawry, the daughter of a Minister of Religion. He was educated at Hataitai School, Rongatai College, and then entered Victoria Unive

Richard Pomfret Jepson was born in Whalley, Lancashire, on 15 February 1918, the son of Mr W N and Mrs L E Jepson. He was educated at St Mary's Grammar School, Clitheroe, and at Manchester University where he won colours for cricket, soccer and golf. He graduated in 1941 and after early house appoin

Arthur Ormond Green qualified MB BS from Melbourne in 1928 proceeding to MD in 1931. He was surgeon to inpatients at the Royal Hobart Hospital and served as a Major in the AAMC 1940-45 and as surgeon specialist to the 2/7 Australian General Hospital. He became district medical officer to Flinders Is