Chanmugan took the Fellowship in December 1958, and then returned to Ceylon, where he practised at Colombo during the following seven years. He died on 23 July 1966.

Prem Virmani was born at Lyallpur, India, on 14 April 1928, the daughter of Ramnarain Virmani, a businessman, and after early education entered Lady Hardinge Medical College in New Delhi. After junior hospital appointments she came to Great Britain for postgraduate studies, working at Hammersmith Ho

George Hargreaves ‘Steve’ Dunstone was a consultant general surgeon at Dryburn Hospital. He was born in Houghton-le-Spring, county Durham, on 23 October 1925, the son of William Anthony Hargreaves, a jeweller and watchmaker, and Elsie Bailey, the daughter of a schoolmaster. He was educated at the pr

Ivan Johnston was professor of surgery at Newcastle-upon-Tyne and made major contributions to endocrine surgery. He was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, on 4 October 1929, the son of David Johnston, a company secretary, and Mary née Clarke, and was educated at the Royal Belfast Academical Institut

Eric Hardy was a hardworking general surgeon who spent his consultant career in Chester and was awarded emeritus status when he retired in 1982. He was born on 21 July 1918 in Royton, Lancashire. His father was Frank Stanley Hardy, a typewriter mechanic, and his mother Jean née Leslie. Eric was the

Augustus Appadorai Asirvatham, the eighth of eleven children and third son of Abraham Tahsildar Asirvatham, a revenue officer and of Rachel Ponnammal, was born in Madurai, India, on 29 September 1917. After education at preparatory school and the Church Missionary Society High School at Srivilliputh

Joan Fowler-Wright received her medical education at the London School of Medicine for Women, qualifying MB BS in 1947 and passing the FRCS in 1958. After obtaining her Fellowship she practised in various posts at the Kent and Sussex Hospital in Tunbridge Wells. She retired in 1989 and died in 1995.

William Lees was born in Largs, Ayrshire, on 21 April 1923. He was the son of Craig Lees, a tailor, and Agnes Mary Storm née Love, the daughter of a stockbroker. He was educated at Ardrossan Academy and Glasgow University, and he completed junior posts at the Royal Infirmary, Glasgow, where he was m

Ronald Lewis did his surgical training at the West London Hospital and as a research fellow in surgery at Harvard Medical School, Boston. He was a consultant surgeon at Withybush Hospital, Haverfordwest and published papers on vagotomy and other subjects in gastroenterology. He died on 17 February 1

Alastair Cassie was a consultant surgeon to the Burnley Health District. Earlier posts had been as senior registrar in surgery to the Manchester Royal Infirmary and surgical tutor at Manchester University. In 1956 he passed the fellowship of the Edinburgh college and the FRCS two years later. He con

George Birbara was a general surgeon in Leeton, New South Wales. He was born in Sydney on 16 August 1928. His parents, Anis, a tailor, and Amanda (née Diab) had emigrated from Lebanon. George went to Sydney Boys’ High School and Sydney University. After house appointments, he went to England in 19

George Emile Rousseaux was a consultant surgeon at Warrnambool Hospital, Victoria, Australia. He was born on 26 August 1926. He graduated in medicine from Oxford University in 1950 and passed his FRCS in 1958. During his time at Oxford he was resident medical officer at the Radcliffe Infirmary from