Sir Andrew Watt Kay was regius professor of surgery at Glasgow and an archetypal Scottish academic surgeon. Known by surgical trainees worldwide through his book *A textbook of surgical physiology* (Edinburgh/London, E & S Livingstone, 1959), written with R Ainslie Jamieson, Kay stood alongside many

Arthur Powell Wyatt was a consultant surgeon in the Greenwich health district. He was born in Hornsey, Middlesex, on 14 October 1932. His father, Henry George Wyatt, a medical missionary in China, died as a neutral during the Sino-Japanese War in 1938. His mother, Edith Maud née Holden, also a missi

George Decker was chief of surgery at J G Strijdom Hospital, Johannesburg, one of the five main provincial teaching hospitals of the University of the Witwatersrand. He was born in Mossel Bay, a coastal town in the Cape Province of South Africa. His parents were of Dutch and German decent; his only

Graham Gordon Dinning was a consultant surgeon at Nepean Hospital, Penrith, New South Wales, Australia. He was born on 6 February 1929 in Belmore, New South Wales, the son of Benjamin Gordon Dinning, an agent with Australian Mercantile, a land and financial company, and Lavinia Margaret Dinning née

Sir Anthony Grabham was a consultant surgeon at Kettering General Hospital and an influential chairman of the British Medical Association (BMA). He was born in Newcastle upon Tyne on 19 July 1930. His father, John Grabham, was a police inspector; his mother was Lily Grabham. He was educated at St Cu

John Harold Frank Batstone was born on 25 May 1924 in the Belgian Congo, the son of John a clergyman and his wife, Gwendoline Lilian, née Hurst. After education at Collington Rise School, Bexhill, and Sherborne School, he went to Jesus College, Cambridge, gaining the Rustat Exhibition. He trained in

Brian Haggart was a consultant general surgeon at Walton and Fazakerley hospitals in Liverpool. He was born in Walton, Liverpool, on 6 May 1928, the eldest of three children. He had two younger, twin sisters, Shirley and Pauline. They were from a modest background; their father worked for Reece's Da

William Michael Mee was a consultant surgeon at Luton and Dunstable Hospital. He was born on 27 February 1928 and studied medicine at St Mary's Hospital Medical School, qualifying in 1954. He gained his FRCS in 1960. Prior to his appointment at Luton and Dunstable Hospital he was a senior surgica

Dhun Jal Irani née Sumariwalla was a general surgeon in Bombay, India. She was born in Bombay, the eldest daughter of Jaiji D Sumariwalla and Dinshaw Cawasji Sumariwalla, and had three brothers and three sisters. A very studious individual, Dhun received her early education in various institutions i

Charles James Hume Logan was born in Lisburn, County Antrim, Northern Ireland on 3 March 1931. He was the only child of Isaac Logan, a cattle dealer, and his wife Margaretta née Charles. After attending school in Lisburn, he finished his education at Campbell College in Belfast from 1944 to 1949. A

Theodore Chukwuemeka Ezeokpue Mbanefo was a general surgeon in Onitsha, Anambra State, Nigeria. He was born on 9 November 1927 and studied medicine at Leeds University, qualifying in 1955. He gained his FRCS in 1960. He became a specialist surgeon for the Department of Health in Nigeria. He

John Masterton epitomised the term "canny Scot" and also adopted the Aussie characteristic of giving everyone "a fair go". The Royal Australasian College of surgeons has indeed been fortunate that John chose to spend the last 52 years of his working life since 1963 here in Melbourne. The College