Kevin Bridson Orr was born in Balmain, Sydney on 17 July 1927, the son of Clarence Montague Orr and his wife Vera Ruth née Bridson. He studied medicine at Sydney University and qualified in 1950. From 1950 to 1951 he was resident medical officer at the Grafton Base Hospital in Grafton, New South Wal

John Neophyton was not only a lifelong family friend but he was my mentor. 'Dr John Neo', as he was affectionately called, was a university colleague and one of the best and closest friends of my father Andrew, so I have known John and his family all my life. My earliest memory was when I was a you

Ian Howard Ogilvy was resident junior medical officer at the Royal Melbourne Hospital in 1943 and progressed to senior medical officer and then to assistant surgeon in 1952. He was honorary surgeon to the Austin Hospital and the Footscray and District Hospital from 1952 to 1957, assistant surgeon at

Patrick Francis O’Dwyer was a surgeon in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. He was born on 9 December 1926 in Toowoomba, Queensland, the son of Edward and Catherine O’Dwyer, and was brought up in humble circumstances in Harristown on the outskirts of Toowoomba. O’Dwyer was educated at Newtown State Sc

Nigel Sacks FRACS, FRCS (Eng Hon), FACS died Friday 7 July in Melbourne. Nigel was a member of BreastSurgANZ and a Consultant Breast and Oncoplastic Surgeon at Maroondah Breast Clinic and Eastern Health, and Senior Lecturer at Monash and Deakin Universities. He was also my friend and teacher for

Richard Orgias was born at Palmerston North, New Zealand, and went to the Palmerston North Boys' High School and then to Otago University where he graduated with the MB degree in 1934. For his post-graduate training Orgias came to London and worked at St Thomas's and University College Hospitals,

Mr Alan Bromwich OBE KStJ RFD MB BS FRCS FRACS had the reputation of a fearless and fast surgeon, but at the same time a gentle and knowledgeable man. Born in England in 1924, Alan graduated in Medicine from King's College Cambridge in 1945, then served with the Royal Air Force from 1946 to 1948.

Tom Nash was a seventh generation Australian of Irish extraction, born on the family property at Yass, NSW. He was educated at Christian Brothers Goulburn (Dux 1942) and Sydney University (1943-8, MB BS Hons 1). At St Johns College, University of Sydney, he excelled at rugby, cricket, swimming, divi

John Hogg was a vascular and general surgeon in the Illawarra region of New South Wales, Australia. He was born on 10 January 1943 in Sydney, the son of James Wilson Hogg, the headmaster of Trinity Grammar School, and Alyson Hogg. He was educated at Trinity, where he excelled academically and was al

It has been difficult to write about Donald Sidey owing to his country of birth, his age and his family, most of whom have either died or disappeared. I will to do my best to record some of the significant parts of his surgical life, particularly in Adelaide where he was involved in the rapid and im

David Skeffington Johnson's forebears were notably medical. His father Alex Johnson was a well-known surgeon on the staff of Prince Alfred Hospital. St Ignatius College, Riverview was the school where he was dux; excelling in Latin and Greek. As well he was runner-up in the Cooper Scholarship Exa

Edwin Carr was both a surgeon and a successful athlete. Born in Sydney on 2 September 1928, he was the son of Edwin ‘Slip’ Carr, a sprinter who represented Australia in the 1924 Paris Olympics and was a semi-finalist in the 100 meters. Edwin Junior was Australian 440 yard champion in 1949/50 and 195