Marx Wald was a general surgeon at the Royal Perth Hospital. He was born in Sydney, the son of Solomon Marx Wald, a farmer, and Bell Marx née Nissenbau. He studied medicine at Sydney University, qualifying MB BS in 1955. He held junior posts at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in Sydney and at th

Louis Solomon was professor of orthopaedic surgery at the University of Bristol. He was born on 31 May 1928 in Keimoes in what is now the Northern Cape Province of South Africa. His parents were of Jewish Russian descent - his mother, Anne, was from Glasgow, his father, Solly, was from Ireland. He a

Martin Flood was a general surgeon in New South Wales, Australia. He was born on 21 November 1925 in Warren, New South Wales, Australia; his twin brother died at birth. Martin didn't start school until 1936, when he was 10, having been brought up, home schooled, on a big country farm. He completed h