John Kelly was born in Bombay in 1902, the son of an army officer. He was educated in Ireland, proceeding to the University College Cork for the medical course and graduating with the MB of the National University of Ireland in 1925, having won a clinical prize in surgery and the Blayney Scholarship

William Eric Archer Hughes-Jones was born in Yackandandah, Victoria, Australia, on 28 April 1902 the eldest son of William Thomas Hughes-Jones, a clergyman. He attended local schools, Wesley College, Melbourne, and the University of Melbourne. He became senior lecturer in anatomy at the Royal Mel

Michael Leo Kennedy, always known as Leo, was born in Dublin on 18 July 1903, one of 11 children of a surgeon, Denis Kennedy, who worked at St Vincent's Hospital, Dublin, and Mary, née Langan. Five of his siblings became doctors. He was educated at Belvedere College, Clongowes Wood College and Unive

George Syme carried on the tradition of his father, Sir George Syme, as surgeon to the Royal Melbourne Hospital, Australia. Born on 20 April 1902 in Melbourne, the only son, he was educated at Trinity and Melbourne Grammar Schools, then at Melbourne University where he obtained first class honours i

George Hayes Brandis was born in Australia on 12 February 1896 and was educated at Melbourne University, qualifying in 1918 when the first world war was ending. After holding a resident post at Melbourne Hospital he served in the Rosemount Military Hospital in Queensland 1920-21, and was appointed t

George Alexander Mason was born in 1901 and graduated from Newcastle-upon-Tyne University in 1922 and spent the whole of his professional life in that city. Although in every sense a general surgeon he soon became interested in thoracic surgery and devoted most of his surgical career to that special

Hector Hamilton Stewart was born on 4 November 1901. His father, Hector Joseph Stewart, was a civil and mining engineer, also a pastoralist and a member of the Legislative Council of Western Australia. After attending Perth Modern School and the University of Western Australia as a state exhibitione

Samuel Norman Lytle was born in Maghera, Co Derry, Northern Ireland, on 30 January 1905. He was educated at the National School, Maghera, Foyle College and Campbell College, Belfast. He graduated MB BCh BAO Queen's University, Belfast, in 1927. Coming to London, Norman Lytle filled the three resi

Graeme Gibson Talbot was born in Auckland, New Zealand, on 1 February 1902, the son of Alfred Talbot, an eye and ENT surgeon, and Beatrice, née Gibson. He was educated at King's College, Auckland, where he was dux. He then went on to the Otago Medical School, where he was awarded the McCallum medal,

Eardley Lorimer Button was born in London on 9 March 1903 the son of Robert Lorimer, a merchant, and Lilian, née Naylor. He moved with the family to New Zealand at an early age, was educated at Wellington College and the Otago University Medical School qualifying MB ChB in 1925 having represented th

Lindsay Morgan Park was born in Dunedin, New Zealand, on 31 August 1896, the son of Samuel Morgan Park who was secretary to the Otago Education Committee and his wife Anne Penelope, née Maxwell. His grandfather Thomas Park emigrated to New Zealand from Scotland in 1858 and was therefore regarded as

D'Arcy was a third generation Australian, born at Greendale, Ballan, Victoria, where his grandfather Thomas D'Arcy came from Killarney, Co Kerry, Ireland and settled in 1848. His father Patrick was Thomas's second son and his mother was a Macgillicuddy, a member of the chief clan in the same part of