Allan Smith was director of surgery at Nambour Hospital, Queensland. He was born in Adelaide, South Australia on 6 May 1951, the son of Pauline and Frank Smith. Allan was an only child and spent his formative first years growing up in the community of Dublin, South Australia, just outside of Adelaid

Kevin William Hinrichsen was born on 7 December 1924, the eldest child of William Henry Hinrichsen, a Church of Christ minister and general practitioner at Thornbury and Florence (nee Hall), a school teacher. His later schooling was at Scotch College where he was an outstanding under age athlete and

Born in 1902 at New Plymouth, New Zealand, he was educated at Auckland Grammar School and Otago University, Dunedin, graduating in 1924. After holding resident posts at Auckland Hospital in 1925-26, he spent 1927 as a Government medical officer in Levuka, one of the Fiji Islands. He came to England

Geoffrey William Gladstone Sinclair was a general surgeon in Melbourne, Victoria at Box Hill Gardens Medical Centre, Cotham Clinic and St George's and Box Hill hospitals. He was born on 10 November 1929 and was educated at Scotch College. He gained his FRCS in 1959 and was also a fellow of the Royal

Richard Pomfret Jepson was born in Whalley, Lancashire, on 15 February 1918, the son of Mr W N and Mrs L E Jepson. He was educated at St Mary's Grammar School, Clitheroe, and at Manchester University where he won colours for cricket, soccer and golf. He graduated in 1941 and after early house appoin

Lynton McHardie Berry was born on 19 August 1922 at Wellington, New Zealand; his father was Leonard James Berry, a business manager, and his mother was Gertrude Elaine Lawry, the daughter of a Minister of Religion. He was educated at Hataitai School, Rongatai College, and then entered Victoria Unive

Gordon Ormandy was a general surgeon in Adelaide, South Australia. He passed the fellowship of the college in 1960 and was appointed surgeon at a hospital in Broken Hill, New South Wales in 1964. Eleven years later, in 1975, he moved to Adelaide with his wife Joy and their four children. He retired

Ken Brearley started life in Hampton (Melbourne) where he attended both Hampton Primary and Hampton High schools before winning a scholarship for Years 9-12 at Scotch College, which was quite some distance away in Hawthorn. In 1948, having won a place into Medicine at the University of Melbourne in

Kevin Chambers was a consultant surgeon in Mildura, Victoria, Australia. He grew up in Sydney, the youngest of three children of Raymond John Chambers and Margaret Scott Chambers née Brown. His father Ray was the first professor of accounting at Sydney University. His work on accounting attracted ci

Arthur Ormond Green qualified MB BS from Melbourne in 1928 proceeding to MD in 1931. He was surgeon to inpatients at the Royal Hobart Hospital and served as a Major in the AAMC 1940-45 and as surgeon specialist to the 2/7 Australian General Hospital. He became district medical officer to Flinders Is

David Skeffington Johnson's forebears were notably medical. His father Alex Johnson was a well-known surgeon on the staff of Prince Alfred Hospital. St Ignatius College, Riverview was the school where he was dux; excelling in Latin and Greek. As well he was runner-up in the Cooper Scholarship Exa

Professor Richard (Dick) Clayton Bennett AM, FRACS had been a Fellow of this College since 1960 and a graduate of the University of Adelaide. As a surgeon in practice, he was based at St Vincent’s Hospital, Melbourne from 1966 to 1990. Professor Bennett was admitted to the Court of Honour in 1987