Michael Salvaris qualified in medicine in Melbourne in 1940 and became resident medical officer to the Royal Perth Hospital in 1941. During the second world war he served as a Captain with the AAMC, 194143. He held posts at various hospitals while studying for his FRCS in the early '50's. He was sur

Mohamed Alyan was born at Aswan, Egypt on 16 September 1922; his father Yassin Alyan, was a business man and his mother's name was Baheya El-Kadi. Alyan received his medical education in Cairo University graduating in 1947. He held resident appointments in Cairo and became a surgical registrar in 19

Ellery Arthur Mulvihill Ryan was born in 1917 in Melbourne, the son of a leading ophthalmologist who exerted a great influence on his son's character and interest in sport of many kinds. He went to school as a boarder at Xavier College from the age of six till he was eighteen and left with the prize