Born at Grafton, New South Wales, he was educated at Fort Street School, Sydney, from which he won an exhibition to the University. After service in the Army during the first world war, he qualified in 1918 and was a resident medical officer at Sydney Hospital. He then spent several years in England

Harold Brayshaw was born in Johannesburg on 1 February 1896. His father, Edmund, was a mining director and his mother's maiden name was Harriette Williamson. Harold was educated at St John's College, Johannesburg and at the South African College, Cape Town, where he studied for two years. During

Dr William Hamilton Cadzow, who was senior visiting urologist at Brisbane's Princess Alexandra Hospital from 1986 to 2001, died on 13 September. Bill was a urologist at that hospital almost continuously from 1966 until his full retirement 40 years later. Bill gained his MB BS from the University

Charles Ian Murphie was born on 23 September 1911 in Birkenhead where his father was a partner in a family business. He was educated at Birkenhead School and Cheltenham College where he was a scholar. He then went to Wadham College, Oxford and came up to King's College Hospital for his clinical work

Born in 1889 in New Zealand son of the Public Trustee in Blenheim, he was educated at Marlborough College NZ and the University of Edinburgh where he qualified in 1914 and then held an appointment as house surgeon. After serving as resident surgical officer at St Peter's Hospital for Stone he was

Reynold Francis Xavier Noronha or 'Rey' as we all knew him, was born on the island of Mombasa, in Kenya, on 3rd December 1940, the second son of a family of four (an older brother, Edwin, and younger sisters, Lydia and Bevinda). His parents, born and raised in the Portuguese colony of Goa (speaking

James Cyril Angell received his medical education at the Middlesex Hospital. After qualification he was for a time resident surgical officer at St Mark's Hospital and senior surgical registrar at the Central Middlesex Hospital and the Middlesex Hospital before moving to specialise in urology, and

Leslie Ian Parton was born in Wellington on 26 October 1908, the only child of William Parton, an insurance company manager. He was educated at Mount Cook Boys' School and Wellington College where he was a senior national scholar in 1923 and a University national scholar in 1925. Two years later he

Born in 1903, David Rymal Mitchell received his medical education at the University of Toronto in 1927 and obtained his Fellowship in 1932. He spent his career specialising in urology, being appointed chief urologist at Toronto General Hospital in 1961, and was associate Professor of Surgery at Toro

Born in Edinburgh on 16 December 1946, Beynon studied medicine at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, and St Thomas's Hospital. He was a surgical registrar in Wolverhampton and at St Thomas's Hospital, a senior registrar in urology in Edinburgh and consultant urologist at New Cross Hospital. With his

René Francis Anthony was a urologist at the Dr Georges L Dumont and the Moncton City hospitals, New Brunswick, Canada. He was born on 10 August 1934. He gained his fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons in 1967. He was also a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Canada. He died on 18 Octo

Dermot O'Flynn was a consultant surgeon in the urology department at the Meath Hospital and County Dublin Infirmary, Dublin. He was born on 21 January 1920 and studied medicine at Cork, qualifying in 1942. After house jobs in Mansfield and Lincoln, he joined the RAMC, which took him to West Afric