Hector Hamilton Stewart was born on 4 November 1901. His father, Hector Joseph Stewart, was a civil and mining engineer, also a pastoralist and a member of the Legislative Council of Western Australia. After attending Perth Modern School and the University of Western Australia as a state exhibitione

Victor Solomon Stone was born in Broken Hill, Australia, on 22 November 1900. He was the second son of Hannah, née Bernstein, and Bernard Stone and his father was the proprietor of drapery stores in Broken Hill and Ballarat. He attended Humphrey Street State School, Ballarat, Ballarat High School (w

George Syme carried on the tradition of his father, Sir George Syme, as surgeon to the Royal Melbourne Hospital, Australia. Born on 20 April 1902 in Melbourne, the only son, he was educated at Trinity and Melbourne Grammar Schools, then at Melbourne University where he obtained first class honours i

Samuel Norman Lytle was born in Maghera, Co Derry, Northern Ireland, on 30 January 1905. He was educated at the National School, Maghera, Foyle College and Campbell College, Belfast. He graduated MB BCh BAO Queen's University, Belfast, in 1927. Coming to London, Norman Lytle filled the three resi

William Eric Archer Hughes-Jones was born in Yackandandah, Victoria, Australia, on 28 April 1902 the eldest son of William Thomas Hughes-Jones, a clergyman. He attended local schools, Wesley College, Melbourne, and the University of Melbourne. He became senior lecturer in anatomy at the Royal Mel

Alexander Cruickshank studied at Aberdeen and Guy's Hospital, London. He became casualty surgical officer to the West London Hospital and resident surgical officer to the Miller General Hospital. At the Prince of Wales Hospital, Tottenham, he was surgeon and honorary surgical registrar and was also

Lindsay Sangster Rogers of Te Awamutu, New Zealand, studied at Otago University and gained MB ChB in 1927. He also held a Travelling Medical Scholarship in 1927 in New Zealand. He won a Senior Medal in surgery, and medals in medicine, gynaecology and obstetrics. He was resident surgical officer at t

George Hayes Brandis was born in Australia on 12 February 1896 and was educated at Melbourne University, qualifying in 1918 when the first world war was ending. After holding a resident post at Melbourne Hospital he served in the Rosemount Military Hospital in Queensland 1920-21, and was appointed t

Sorabji Cooper returned to Mumbai after passing the FRCS. The college were notified of his death by his son, Burge, in November 2002.

Douglas Harold Mitchell was born in Bethanga, Victoria, Australia, on 11 September 1901. He was educated at Bethanga State School, Wesley College, Melbourne, and Melbourne University. He graduated MB BS in 1926. He came to England in 1930 and was a resident at Ipswich and Northampton Hospitals. He o

David Sandell qualified in Manitoba in 1922, where he won the gold medal for his MD. He then came to England to specialise in surgery and worked in Manchester and Guy's Hospital before passing the FRCS in 1931. He was appointed registrar to the National Temperance Hospital and clinical assistant at

Born about 1903, Thornton was educated at St Andrew's University, qualifying in 1926. After working at the Middlesex and the London Hospital he entered the Colonial Medical Service, and was a civil surgeon successively in Iraq, Malaya and Cyprus. He took the Fellowship in June 1931. He settled la