Born in New Zealand he was educated at Otago Medical School. After graduate study at Sheffield he took the Edinburgh Fellowship in 1927, and returned to New Zealand to practise at Invercargill where he became surgeon to the Southland Hospital. During the second world war he came to England, took the

Stephen de Carteret Barclay was born on 26 August 1918 in New Zealand. He qualified there and came to England after the war to specialise in surgery. He returned to New Zealand to practice in Leamington, Cambridge, where he is thought to have died sometime in 2002.

Leonard Pellew was a general surgeon. He was born on 22 February 1909 in Balaclava, Victoria, South Australia the son of Leonard James Pellow, a surgeon and his wife Hirell Alice née Ternouth, the daughter of an Adelaide manufacturer. His father served with the RAMC in France from 1915 to 1916 and h

Henry Hill was born in Fremantle, Western Australia, on 18 May 1905, the son of John Manners Hill, a builder, and Caroline Alcock. He was educated at Guildford and Christchurch Grammar Schools in Western Australia, and Ormond College in Melbourne. He trained at Melbourne University, where he won an

Charles Barclay Innes was a consultant surgeon at Middlemore Hospital in Auckland. He was born in Gisborne, New Zealand, on 17 December 1909. His father, James Innes, was a real estate agent. His mother was Mabel Sarah née Tosland. His grandfather, Francis William Innes, was assistant surgeon to the

Jim Peters died at home in Melbourne on 28 September 2010. The caption on his obituary in *The Melbourne Age* on 4th October epitomised his life: 'Amateur champion kicked goals on the field and as a medical specialist.' He loved his profession, his family and his sport. Jim grew up in Victorian c

Frank Leo Hutter was born in Auckland on 6 February 1910 and after early education at Auckland Grammar School entered the University of Otago Medical School, qualifying in 1935. He spent a year in house appointments at Palmerston North Hospital before coming to England for further postgraduate appoi

William Robertson Gayton was an orthopaedic surgeon at St Vincent’s Hospital, Melbourne. He was born in Richmond, Victoria, on 8 February 1912, the fourth child and second son of Henry John Albert Gayton, a bank official, and Mary Josephine née Brennan. He was educated at Xavier College on a junior

Kenneth Rees-Thomas was the son of Arthur, an accountant in Roseneath, New Zealand, and his wife Edith Amy, née Heal. He was educated at Roseneath Primary School and then at Wellington College. On leaving school he trained and qualified as a pharmacist, but then on the advice of a family medical fri

Tony Cawkwell was born in Auckland and educated at Auckland Grammar school. At an early stage he showed great scholastic and athletic ability, and when seventeen he also became an Associate of the London College of Music. In 1933 he commenced the study of medicine at Otago University and joined f

John McNamara was born in Melbourne, Australia, on 29 October 1912, a son of Mathew, an accountant, and Alice (née Gunning). His brother Matthew, also a doctor, died in 1942 while a prisoner of war of the Japanese. John was educated at the Jesuit Colleges of St Patrick and Xavier and at St Vincent's

Maurice Isidore Symonds was born in Melbourne on 24 July 1920, the son of Dr H. Symonds, a general practitioner at Murrumbeena. He was educated at Scotch College, Melbourne, and graduated with honours in surgery and medicine at Melbourne University. He was a house surgeon at the Royal Melbourne Hosp