The son of a general practitioner, Gammie was born on 1 December 1926 at Bishop's Stortford, and educated at Bishop Stortford College, University College, Oxford and the London Hospital Medical College. After qualifying BM BCh in 1950 he spent two years as a Flight Lieutenant in the RAF medical bran

Jacob (Jack) Nayman was born in South Africa and graduated in medicine from the University of Witwatersrand in 1952. His early postgraduate training was at Baragwanath, Coronation and Transvaal Memorial Hospitals in South Africa and he then came to Britain for higher surgical training. He was appoin

Mary Fredericka Richardson was born in Portland, Dorset on 10 April 1917, the daughter of Surgeon Captain Arthur Henry Sims Richardson, DOMS, RN, who after retirement from the Navy became an ophthalmic surgeon in Hereford in 1927. Her mother was Emma Fredericka, née Barker. She came from a medical f

Thomas McNair was born on 1 March 1927 in Edinburgh, the son of David MacMillan McNair, a mining engineer, and his wife Helen Jackson, née Rae. He received his education at George Watson's College before entering the medical school at Edinburgh University where he qualified in 1949. He served in the

William Roy Rogerson was born on 3 July 1923 in Melbourne. His father was William Henry Joseph Rogerson, a mechanical engineer and his mother, Stella Amelia née Wilson, was the daughter of a grocer. He qualified from the University of Melbourne in 1947. He was resident medical officer at the Alfred

Ken Gordon was a consultant surgeon to the Ipswich Hospital. He was born in Cambridge on 26 September 1924, the son of Charles Falconer Wedge Gordon, a businessman, and his wife Josephine, née Boys. He was educated at Southall County Grammar School and St Mary's, where he won the physiology prize an

Maneck Mistry was born on 15 November 1919 in Bombay, the son of R M Mistry, a well known physician who was a member of the Bombay Municipal Corporation and an Honorary Presidency Magistrate. He was educated at the Cathedral School, Bharda High School and Grant Medical College, University of Bombay,

Andrew Warren Eklund was born on 9 March 1918 in Ayr, Queensland, where his father Hugo Andreas Eklund was a civil engineer. His mother Kathleen Annie née Warren was the daughter of a gynaecologist. He was educated at the Brisbane Boys' College and Queensland University. After qualifying, he did jun

James Pryor was born on 15 November 1928 in Horsham, Victoria, Australia, where his father, William Joseph Pryor, was the Town Clerk. His mother was Vera Florence née Cartwright. He was educated at Horsham State School and University High School, Melbourne, before going on to Melbourne University to

Neil Stamford Painter was born in London on 23 February 1923, the only son of Robert Painter, a consulting engineer, and Dorothy, née Matthews, a concert soprano. He was educated at St Michael's School, Otford, Kent and obtained a scholarship to Woodbridge School, Suffolk. On leaving school he enter

Richard Brownell Brenan read medicine at Trinity College, Dublin, and qualified in 1942. After serving as a Surgeon-Lieutenant in the RNVR he passed the FRCSI in 1947, obtained the FRCS in 1956 and spent some time as surgical registrar at the Royal Northern Hospital and as surgeon at the Nairobi Gen

Gerald Peter Randle qualified MB, BS either in Rangoon (the *Medical Directory* 1957) or in Birmingham (*Australian Medical Directory* 1990). He lived in Burma in the 1950's and 60's moving to Dar-es-Salaam as a Professor in the faculty of medicine at the University. He moved to Western Australia in