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

Charles Webster was a surgeon based at Port Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia. Born in Aberdeen on 1 January 1928, he was the son of Alexander Urquhart Webster, a general practitioner in Fraserborough, and his wife Grace née Findlay. After primary education in the local school in Fraserborough,

Po Yat Iu was a general surgeon in Kowloon, Hong Kong, China. He was born in 1930 or 1931, the son of Tak Lam Iu, an architect. He gained his FRCS in 1959. In 1958 he married Yan-kit So, but their marriage was dissolved shortly afterwards. She went on to become a renowned food scholar and cooker

Martin Flood was a general surgeon in New South Wales, Australia. He was born on 21 November 1925 in Warren, New South Wales, Australia; his twin brother died at birth. Martin didn't start school until 1936, when he was 10, having been brought up, home schooled, on a big country farm. He completed h

Raphael Chukwudile Okoye Eruchalu was born on 4 March 1926 at Nnobi Village, Eastern Nigeria, the son of a trader, and educated at CMS Central Elementary School, Dennis Memorial Grammar School and Higher College, Lagos. He attended University College, Ibadan and University College Hospital Medical S

Desmond O’Rourke was a surgeon from Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. This is a draft obituary. If you have any information about this surgeon or are interested in writing this obituary, please email lives@rcseng.ac.uk

John was born in Palmerston North to Charles and Lillian Coutts, dairy farmers. One of two children, he was schooled locally, at Whakarongo Country School. He had an early exposure to social justice when on his first day at school his brand-new slate was annexed by his teacher and allocated to anoth

John Brian Anchen was born on 4 January 1929 in Bairnsdale, Victoria, Australia, the third child of John Oscar Anchen, a school inspector, and Eileen Anchen née Croagh. He was educated at St Kevin's College, Toorak, Melbourne, and then went on to study medicine at Melbourne University. He qualified

Lindsay Roberts was consultant general surgeon at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney. This is a draft obituary. If you have any information about this surgeon or are interested in writing this obituary, please email lives@rcseng.ac.uk

Eileen Busby was an associate specialist at the Royal Marsden Hospital, London. Born in Clapton, London, on 5 December 1930, she was the daughter of William Francis Busby, a house painter and decorator, and Rose Harriet née Stephenson, a dressmaker. Eileen was educated at various schools during the

John Douglas Thompson was a general surgeon living in Sunderland at the time of his death. He served as a temporary surgeon commander in the Royal Navy Voluntary Reserve during the second world war. In March 2003 his widow, Marjorie, notified the College that he had died.

Christopher Michael Vickery was a consultant general surgeon in west Cornwall. He studied medicine at St Bartholomew's Medical School and qualified in 1953. He gained his FRCS in 1959. He went to the United States and was a surgical research fellow at Harvard University Medical School and an assist