Nothing is known of the career of Girdharlal Dayalji Adhia except that he was working at the Chowpathy Surgical Clinic in Bombay, India, when he died on 11 September 1982.

Sydney Graham Aitken became FRCS in 1946. Little is known about his life except that he was working at St Margaret's Hospital, Auckland, in 1975 when he disappeared from records, presumed to have died.

Nothing is known of the career of Ajit Kumar Basu except that he became a Fellow of the College in 1946 and returned to India where he became Honorary Professor of Surgery at the College of Medicine of the University of Calcutta. He died on 3 December 1986.

Scott Charlton qualified MB, BS Sydney in 1933 and became resident medical officer to the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, in 1934. He served in the second world war as a Lieutenant-Colonel in the RAMC and eventually became honorary neurosurgeon to the Sydney Hospital and the Prince Henry Hospi

George Bentham Morris qualified MB, ChM Sydney in 1925 and began his career by holding posts at St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, The Royal Hospital for Women, Sydney and the Royal Alexander Hospital for Children, Sydney. In the second world war he was a Squadron-Leader in the Royal Australian Air Forc

Ramesh Nigam was founder professor and head of the department of surgery at the Maulana Azad Medical College, Delhi, India, and a distinguished vascular surgeon. Born on 12 August 1920, his father had served in the Indian Medical Service, and then became professor of surgery at the King George's Med

Frederick Neil Street was born in Sydney on 19 June 1916. He was educated at Sydney Boys' High School and Sydney University, where he graduated with second class honours. He then did a year as resident medical officer at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, before joining the RAAMC in 1940. He

Born in Cape Town on 12 February 1911, the son of James Stokes Loxton, a pharmacist, and Marion, née Mitchell, Loxton was sent home to join his brother at Clifton College, where he won the Miriam Badock scholarship in science to Bristol University to study medicine. There he won the committee's gold

Samuel Anderson Vincent, the younger son of James Vincent, a musician, was born on 13 June 1909 in Belfast. He was educated at Roseland Preparatory School and the Royal Belfast Academical Institution before entering Queen's University. After resident appointments at the Royal Berkshire Hospital, Rea

Richard Fitzwalter Read was born in Melbourne on 12 December 1916. His father was Fitzwalter Maurice Read and his mother, Ruby Wilkinson, a doctor's daughter. He was educated at Grimwade House, Melbourne Church of England Grammar School and Melbourne University. He did his clinical training at the R

Raphael Marcus was a former consultant general surgeon at Clutterbridge Hospital, Merseyside. He was born in Liverpool on 30 October 1914, the only son of Samuel and Faigel née Dover, Jewish immigrants from Eastern Europe. He grew up with a strong commitment to Jewish values. After qualifying from L

Frank Leo Hutter was born in Auckland on 6 February 1910 and after early education at Auckland Grammar School entered the University of Otago Medical School, qualifying in 1935. He spent a year in house appointments at Palmerston North Hospital before coming to England for further postgraduate appoi