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

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,

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

Richard Vasey ‘Dick’ Fiddian was a consultant general surgeon at the Luton and Dunstable Hospital from 1964 to 1989. He was born on 6 October 1923 in Ashton-under-Lyne in Lancashire, where his father, James Victor Fiddian, was a general practitioner-surgeon. His mother, Doris Mary née White, came fr

George Young was a wise, quietly-spoken consultant general surgeon in Northern Ireland who commanded great respect. He worked for some 35 years at the Lagan Valley Hospital, Lisburn. His expertise in abdominal surgery, particularly the biliary tract, was well-known, but he was equally competent in o

Norman Rothnie was a greatly respected consultant general surgeon with a major interest in peripheral vascular and also in thyroid surgery. He worked for over 30 years at the Royal Berkshire Hospital and made many contributions in peripheral vascular surgery. A tall man who 'never looked down' on an

Walter Henry Collins Scott was born in Melbourne, Australia, on 10 August 1924, the son of Walter C Scott and Florence (née Tonks). His father was a successful businessman and a veteran of the Gallipoli campaign in the first world war. He received his early education at Scotch College, Melbourne and

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

Chelliah Mylvaganam studied in Ceylon and gained the MB BS in 1947. In 1956 he passed the Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. He returned to Ceylon and lived at "Ratna Bhawan", Kirillawala, Webedo, Ceylon.

Very little is known about Dennis William Hamilton Hurley except that he passed the FRCS in 1956 and was working at the Seddon Memorial Hospital, Gore, New Zealand, at the time of his death, thought to be in 1978.

Arthur Robb studied medicine at Edinburgh University qualifying in 1945. He returned to the Royal Infirmary and Western General Hospital after his army service to complete his training in urology and general surgery. He was first appointed consultant surgeon to the Southern General Hospital in Glasg

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