John Reginald Turner Newham returned to South Africa for some years after passing his Fellowship in 1952. He came back to the UK to practice in Wales and lived in Cowbridge, South Glamorgan. His death was reported to the College in 2002.

Percy Helman was born on New Year's Day, 1924. He was educated at Laingsburg Junior and High School and at the University of Cape Town, where he graduated MB ChB in 1946. He served his internship in medicine and surgery at Groote Schuur Hospital and started his surgical training in Cape Town. He the