Alun Iorwerth Rhydderch was born in Dronfield, near Derby, in 1918, but in 1926 the family emigrated to Australia. He was educated at Sydney Grammar School, of which he was dux in 1935. He went to Sydney University where he graduated in medicine. After two years as resident medical officer at the Pr

Harman Gilbert Smith was a senior orthopaedic surgeon at Middlemore Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand. He was born in Whangarei, New Zealand, on 10 October 1915 and studied medicine in Dunedin, qualifying in 1940. His first posts were as house surgeon and registrar at Auckland and Greenlane hospitals.

Ratan Cavashah Edibam was an orthopaedic surgeon in Perth, Western Australia. He gained his FRCS in 1963 and subsequently studied at Liverpool University. He was also a fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons. He died in July 2012.

Neville Howard Morgan was born on 9 December 1910, in Brisbane, the son of Dr T Howard Morgan who was born in Milford Haven, Wales, and became the senior surgeon of the Brisbane General Hospital. Neville was educated at Scots College, Warwick, and Brisbane Grammar School where he won an open Scholar

Kevin Francis King was an orthopaedic surgeon in Melbourne, Australia. He was born in St Kilda, Melbourne, the third child of Thomas King, one of the first recognised orthopaedic surgeons in the city. His mother was Nina Mary King née Keyes, the daughter of an Irish general practitioner based in the

Victor was born in Papatoetoe, Auckland in 1930, to Edgar Hadlow and Elsie Collins. Edgar, a wine and spirit company managing director, was born in London, a Cockney, and Elsie was of Irish descent. Vic had two older brothers, Lawrence and Malcolm. He attended St Heliers Primary School and then in 1

Dr John Roarty is regarded as one of the pre-eminent orthopaedic surgeons, and a pioneer of hip replacement surgery, in Australia. He devoted his life to his profession, and with a gentle tenacity, in his characteristically unassuming way, rose to the top of his field. Born on April 18, 1924, to

Brendan Dooley was one of four boys, all born at home to James and Catherine Dooley. Two of his brothers became dentists, while the oldest, Desmond, became a specialist obstetrician gynaecologist in Brisbane. Following in his brother's footsteps, Brendan Dooley graduated from the University of Melbo

Harold Jackson Burrows was born at Harrow, Middlesex, on 9 May 1902. His father was Harold Burrows FRCS and his grandfather was a graduate of St Bartholomew's Hospital, who became a Surgeon-Major in the Bombay Army. He was educated at Edinburgh House, Lee-on-Solent and Cheltenham College, where he w

Charles Hugh Hembrow was born in Beechworth, Victoria, on 1 October 1898, the son of Charles Hembrow who was the secretary-manager and resident pharmacist of the Ovens District Hospital. He went to Beechworth State School and then to Scotch College, Melbourne, eventually graduating MB, BS from the U

Hugh Barry was a senior orthopaedic surgeon at Sydney's Royal Prince Alfred Hospital. He was born in Orange in 1912 and educated at Sydney Grammar School. He studied medicine at the University of Sydney, won a blue at rugby, and was awarded the Rhodes scholarship for New South Wales, which took him

Hamilton Donald Walter Black (known throughout his life as Donald by his family and Don by his friends and colleagues), the only child of Hamilton Donald Walter Black and Annette Delugar, was born in Gisborne. His father, an architecture student, enlisted in the army during World War I and took up f