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

Born in Melbourne in 1888, he was educated at Wesley College and Melbourne University. After qualification he became resident medical officer at the Royal Melbourne Hospital in 1910 and medical superintendent 1912-14. In 1914 he was appointed surgeon to out-patients and in 1927 surgeon to in-patient

Henry Lorenz Eaton was a surgeon who lived in Western Australia. He gained his FRCS in 1963. He died in 2011.

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

Peter Catts was a general surgeon in New South Wales, Australia. He was born in Sydney, New South Wales on 12 April 1940, the son of Stanley Victor Catts and Vera Jean Catts née Reynolds. He went to the UK for surgical training and gained his FRCS in 1967. He then returned to Australia, where h

Born in 1902 at New Plymouth, New Zealand, he was educated at Auckland Grammar School and Otago University, Dunedin, graduating in 1924. After holding resident posts at Auckland Hospital in 1925-26, he spent 1927 as a Government medical officer in Levuka, one of the Fiji Islands. He came to England

Geoffrey William Gladstone Sinclair was a general surgeon in Melbourne, Victoria at Box Hill Gardens Medical Centre, Cotham Clinic and St George's and Box Hill hospitals. He was born on 10 November 1929 and was educated at Scotch College. He gained his FRCS in 1959 and was also a fellow of the Royal

David Brockway Rogers was a consultant general surgeon at Auckland Hospital, New Zealand. He was born in Auckland on 30 September 1922, the son of Lionel Brockway Rogers and Whittier Rogers née McLeod. He attended Auckland Grammar School and then went to Auckland University. After a year, once he ha

James Leslie Diggle passed his MB BS in Melbourne in 1917 and his Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons of England in 1926. He served with the Australian Artillery and the 15 Field Ambulance in the first world war. He died on 8 February 1982.

John Neophyton was not only a lifelong family friend but he was my mentor. 'Dr John Neo', as he was affectionately called, was a university colleague and one of the best and closest friends of my father Andrew, so I have known John and his family all my life. My earliest memory was when I was a you

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

Paul Large was a general surgeon in Durban, South Africa, and then in Melbourne, Australia. He was born in Beira, Mozambique, on 12 August 1920, but was brought up in Durban. He was educated at Michaelhouse, a rural boarding school in Natal, and then, in 1938, went to the UK to study medicine at Guy