Neville Coleman Davis was a leading surgeon in Queensland. He was born in Newcastle, New South Wales, on 30 January 1924, the son of Clyde Davis, a medical practitioner, and Vera née Phillips. He was educated at Sydney Grammar School and the University of Sydney, qualifying in 1945. He completed hou

David Macfarlane was a consultant general surgeon at Sutton and Cheam Hospital and at St Stephen's and Princess Beatrice hospitals in the Westminster group, and also an author and outstanding teacher. He was born in Glasgow on 21 June 1921, the only son of George Souttar Macfarlane, a consulting eng

Donald William Hugh Ruddick was a senior surgeon at Montreal General Hospital. He was born in Montreal on 23 October 1916, the son of William Wallace Ruddick, a general surgeon at Montreal General Hospital and a graduate of McGill University, and Ernesteen Angelic née Saucier. The family had a medic

Will Davey wrote the first textbook on surgery in tropical countries. He was born on 28 February 1912 in Dunmurry, near Belfast, in Northern Ireland. His father, Robert, was a minister of religion. His mother was Charlotte née Higginson. One of a family of five, he studied medicine at Queens Univers

Anthony Anscombe, known as 'Tony', was a consultant surgeon in Manchester and a former dean of clinical studies. He was born in Bath, Somerset, on 16 November 1923, the son of Reginald Thomas Anscombe, who served in the Indian Army. He was educated at Bishopshalt Grammar School and the London Hospit

John Hallissy studied medicine at University College Dublin, qualifying in 1938. He joined the RAMC and was appointed a surgical specialist during the war. Afterwards he did his surgical training in Birmingham at the Dudley Road and Selly Oak Hospitals. He is thought to have died in 1999.

Stephen de Carteret Barclay was born on 26 August 1918 in New Zealand. He qualified there and came to England after the war to specialise in surgery. He returned to New Zealand to practice in Leamington, Cambridge, where he is thought to have died sometime in 2002.

Noel Fowler qualified MB BS at Sydney University in 1942 and was resident medical officer at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in Sydney from 1942 to 1943 and served as a captain in the Australian Army Medical Corps from 1943 to 1947. Coming to Britain to work for his Fellowship he obtained house pos

Jan Roeland Frylinck qualified MB ChB from Cape Town in 1935. He passed the Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons in 1949 and the Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh in 1948. He was a surgeon in Sea Point, South Africa, and died in 1977 or 1978.

James Rupert Magarey was born in Adelaide on 21 February 1914, the son of Elsie Magarey, née Cowell, and Dr R E Magarey who was honorary gynaecologist at the Royal Adelaide Hospital and was President of the South Australia Branch of the British Medical Association from 1937 to 1938. His early educat

William Austin Wilson was born at Rothwell, Dumfriesshire, on 7 August 1920, the son of John Wilson, a farmer, and was educated at Oban High School and Stranraer High School before entering the University of Edinburgh. He qualified in 1942 and after house appointments at Bridge of Earn Hospital join

Malcolm Roberts Stanley qualified MB, BS in Sydney in 1944 and was appointed junior resident medical officer to the Sydney Hospital and became surgical registrar in 1945. During the second world war he was a Captain in the Australian Army Medical Corps Reserve. He became a Fellow of the College i