John Gwithian Craddock received his education at Magdalene College, Cambridge, and at St Mary's Hospital Medical School. After service in the RNVR as a Surgeon Lieutenant-Commander he spent the earlier years of his career in Africa, first at Dar-es-Salaam, and from 1956 to 1962 as surgical specialis

Lyall Robertson McLaren was born on 15 June 1917 and educated at Epsom College, Downing College, Cambridge, and Guy's Hospital. After qualifying in 1941 he served for four years as a Surgeon-Lieutenant in the RNVR, including three years at sea in the East Indies. He returned to junior surgical appoi

Murray Pheils was professor of surgery at the University of Sydney. He was born in Birmingham on 2 December 1917, the younger of the two sons of Elmer Theodore Pheils, an osteopath, and Lilian Mary née Cole. His father Elmer was a colourful character: he was born in Toledo, Ohio, and trained as an o