Walter Selwyn Georgeson (he was always known as ‘Brux’ to his colleagues) was born on 13/3/1918 in Brisbane and lived with his parents and sister in Clayfield. He was educated at the Brisbane Boys College where he showed his abilities by always being near the top of his class. He was a keen rower at the BBC. He obtained an open scholarship to Queensland University and entered the Medical Course in 1937, during which he scored distinctions in many subjects and was a rowing blue. He qualified MB BS Qld in 1942 and started work as a resident in the Brisbane General Hospital (now known as the Royal Brisbane Hospital), before joining the Royal Australian Navy (1943 to 1946) as Surgeon Lieutenant seeing active service at sea and serving in Sydney and Darwin. After discharge from the Navy, he worked as Senior Medical Officer in Maryborough Hospital from 1947 to 1948 and as Medical Superintendent at Atherton Hospital from 1948 to 1949. In 1949 Brux worked his passage to England where he obtained the Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons of England and worked in Carshalton, Surrey at St Heliers Hospital with a well known surgeon York Mason (about whom he often talked) for five years. Returning to Brisbane he was appointed to the Visiting Surgical Staff of the Brisbane General Hospital in 1955 as Assistant Surgeon and commenced private practice in the town. In 1956 he left that hospital to be appointed to the Visiting Staff of the newly opened South Brisbane Hospital (later named the Princess Alexandra Hospital) as Junior Visiting Surgeon and later became Senior Visiting Surgeon. He was also a Consultant Surgeon to Greenslopes Repatriation Hospital. He was awarded the Fellowship of the Royal Australian College of Surgeons in 1967. In 1970 he resigned from the hospital to pursue other interests which occupied him totally for some time but he returned to the world of surgery in the guise of a surgical assistant about five years later. For the next ten years he assisted a number of surgeons with their operations and only retired after his 75th birthday. In 1945 he married Lillian Dell Campbell (always known as Bonnie) by whom he had a daughter Madonna (born in Australia) and a son John (born in England). Tragically, Bonnie succumbed to complications of rheumatic heart disease in 1953. Life was not just surgery for Brux. He had an enduring interest in the stock market, which he pursued in his later years via his computer, was a voracious reader and did most of the maintenance on his boat and his house himself. Brux was a wonderful man who faced enormous difficulties in his private life head on and never faltered. He was a fine surgeon and teacher, kind and helpful to students and patients and always ready with sane and thoughtful advice. An impressive intellect allowed him to have a broad view of life and an insatiable curiosity. His quiet personality ensured that he was a very private man who never talked about himself or his life. He was extremely independent and despite very considerable difficulties would accept no help but continued to live on his own until the very end. He bore the pain and problems of his disease with characteristic fortitude and never complained. He is survived by his daughter Madonna.