Maurice Ewing, first professor of surgery at Melbourne University, was born in Edinburgh on 6 July 1912, the youngest of four sons of Thomas Miller Ewing, master mariner, who, like his father and grandfather, was a captain in the Northern Lighthouse Service, and his wife Annabel Rossie. He was educa

Nothing is known of the career of Ajit Kumar Basu except that he became a Fellow of the College in 1946 and returned to India where he became Honorary Professor of Surgery at the College of Medicine of the University of Calcutta. He died on 3 December 1986.

George Bentham Morris qualified MB, ChM Sydney in 1925 and began his career by holding posts at St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, The Royal Hospital for Women, Sydney and the Royal Alexander Hospital for Children, Sydney. In the second world war he was a Squadron-Leader in the Royal Australian Air Forc

Richard Fitzwalter Read was born in Melbourne on 12 December 1916. His father was Fitzwalter Maurice Read and his mother, Ruby Wilkinson, a doctor's daughter. He was educated at Grimwade House, Melbourne Church of England Grammar School and Melbourne University. He did his clinical training at the R

Samuel Anderson Vincent, the younger son of James Vincent, a musician, was born on 13 June 1909 in Belfast. He was educated at Roseland Preparatory School and the Royal Belfast Academical Institution before entering Queen's University. After resident appointments at the Royal Berkshire Hospital, Rea

John Bors was born in Chatswood, New South Wales, Australia, on 27 October 1912. His father, Herbert Kaspar Bors, came from a German family that emigrated from Hanover in around 1840 and settled as farmers in Mount Gambier in 1842. At the time of John's birth his father was chairman and owner of Ing

Born on 16 September 1915 in Auckland, New Zealand, Jim was the son of James Tyler, the city engineer of Auckland, and his wife Eva, née Mackenzie. He was educated at Auckland Grammar School and Otago Medical School, whence he qualified MB ChB in 1938. After qualifying he worked at Auckland Public H

Ramesh Nigam was founder professor and head of the department of surgery at the Maulana Azad Medical College, Delhi, India, and a distinguished vascular surgeon. Born on 12 August 1920, his father had served in the Indian Medical Service, and then became professor of surgery at the King George's Med

Sir Edward Hughes, known as 'Bill', was Chair of Surgery at Monash University and a former President of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons. He was born on 4 July 1919, the third child of Reginald Hawkins Hughes and Annie Grace née Langford. He was educated at Melbourne Church of England Gram

Selwyn Kerry Burcher came from a long-established Auckland family. He attended Remuera Primary School and Auckland Grammar School where he was head boy and captain of the school's first fifteen in rugby football for three years. He graduated MB, ChB from Otago University in 1941, undertook his house

Muriel Cornish Waterfall, one of four daughters of William Duncan Waterfall, (née Cornish) a teacher, was born in Muswell Hill, London on 23 December 1920. She was educated at Tollington Preparatory School, Muswell Hill, and at St George's School, Harpenden, Herts, where she won a number of prizes.

Alexander was born in Taradale, Hawkes Bay, and educated at Napier Boys High School and the Otago Medical School, graduating MB ChB in 1939. He was house surgeon at Wellington Hospital in 1940-1941. He served with the New Zealand Army Medical Corps 1942-1945 and was RMO to 8th Brigade in the Pacific