Elwin George Currow was chief executive officer of the Royal Newcastle Hospital, New South Wales, Australia. Born on 16 September 1926 in Auckland, he was the son of George Arthur Currow, a school master and his wife Marguerite Dulce Marion née Fury who was also a teacher. He attended several school

Philip Edward Huddy was a consultant surgeon in Swindon, Cirencester and Marlborough. Born in London on 27 January 1927, he was the second of the three sons of George Philip Buckingham Huddy. His father was surgeon to the Dudley Road Hospital in Birmingham until he retired aged 37 due to severe rheu

Raymond Kirk, known throughout his entire professional life as ‘Jerry’, was a late entrant to medicine, having left school at 16 and serving for four years in the Royal Navy in the Second World War, before becoming one of the most celebrated surgical educators of his day through his outstanding teac

Norman Goodwin was a surgeon based in Southampton. This is a draft obituary. If you have any information about this surgeon or are interested in writing this obituary, please email lives@rcseng.ac.uk

Keith Ewen was born in Lower Hutt, the son of David Ewen and Marian Nathan. His father was managing-director of Sargood Son & Ewen, a prominent family business, Mayor of Lower Hutt and subsequently knighted for his many community and business contributions. There were two older siblings – brother, I

Albert Victor Forage was a surgeon from Hobart, Tasmania.

John Ian Burn was a consultant general surgeon at Charing Cross Hospital, London. This is a draft obituary. If you have any information about this surgeon or are interested in writing this obituary, please email lives@rcseng.ac.uk

Labeeb Isaac McGuire was a general surgeon in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. He was born in Bishmizzine, Lebanon on 15 June 1924, the son of Khalil and Katrine (née Jeba). His father, whose original surname was Muffarrij, had emigrated to Australia in 1891 and, after acquiring the wool broking fir

John Lancaster was a surgeon who lived in Bath. This is a draft obituary. If you have any information about this surgeon or are interested in writing this obituary, please email lives@rcseng.ac.uk

Alimadad Moulabux Jatoi was a general surgeon in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas. This is a draft obituary. If you have any information about this surgeon or are interested in writing this obituary, please email lives@rcseng.ac.uk

Durga Das Guha was a general surgeon who practised across four continents, living his last 49 years in the USA. He was born on 19 March 1918 in Mymensingh, Bengal to Jogesh Chandra, a civil engineer in the Public Service Department of Bengal in undivided India, and Shaibalini. He was the second of t

Geoffrey Wynne-Jones, the youngest child of Frederick Arthur Jones, a monumental mason, and Catherine Emily Parker was born in Hawera. He had two brothers, David and Richard, and a sister, Elizabeth. Geoffrey commenced school at Hawera Main School and subsequently attended Hawera Technical High Scho