George Schnitzler received his medical education at Sydney University, qualifying MB BS with honours in 1951. After qualification and house posts in Sydney he came to London and gained the Fellowship in 1955. On returning to Sydney he specialised in urology, and in addition to his private practice h

Having qualified in Sydney, Bob Smith did his junior training as RMO at the Manly Hospital, Sydney and the Royal Hobart Hospital, Tasmania. He then came to England to specialise in surgery and worked as an SHO at the Leicester General and St James Hospital, Balham, and as a registrar at St George's.

Little can be discovered about Allan Richmond Cockerell. He qualified MB ChB New Zealand in 1945; coming to Britain he gained his FRCS in 1950. Returning to New Zealand he obtained the Fellowship of the Australian College in 1961. Specialising in orthopaedics, he practised in Wanganui and in Tango.

Robert Peter Silverton was a surgeon in Sydney, Australia. He was born in Sydney, the son of Robert Joseph Silverton, a consultant urologist, and Dulcie Myee Silverton née Huxtable. He attended Cranbrook School and the University of Sydney. He held residencies at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital

Anthony D'Arcy Pelly qualified MB BS in Sydney in 1954. He passed the College Fellowship in 1957 and worked as senior registrar in the plastic surgery, burns and oral surgery centre at Queen Mary's Hospital, Roehampton, London. He became honorary plastic surgeon to the Balmain and District Hospital

Neri qualified MB BS at Madras University in 1945 and was resident medical officer at Madras General Hospital from 1945 to 1947. Coming to Britain, he held house posts at the Weston-super-Mare Hospital and at the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital, before becoming a registrar at Whipps Cross Hospital.

Gordon James Bougher was a consultant ophthalmologist in Perth, Western Australia. Born on 17 March 1931 in Perth he was the son of Arthur Edward Bougher, a garage proprietor, and his wife Anna Flora née Schwatz who was a home economist. After attending Highgate Primary School and Perth Modern Schoo

Graham Roland Anderson was an orthopaedic surgeon at Brisbane General Hospital. He was born in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. His father, Leonard Ernest Anderson, was an import and export agent and a managing director; his mother Edith May Anderson née Kitchen was a housewife. He was educated at B

Brian Hammond studied medicine in Sydney where he qualified in 1941. He was house surgeon at Sydney Hospital and the Royal Hospital for Women, Sydney. He was medical officer at the Royal Australian Air Force Hospital Butterworth. He came to England to specialise in surgery and became registrar in Ed

Jack Lindsay Swann was a general surgeon in Melbourne, Australia. He was born in Caulfield, Melbourne, on 17 November 1921, the only child of Roy Barker and Irene May Swann née Matchett. His early education was at Caulfield Grammar School and his final four years of school were at Scotch College in

Doug Tracy was foundation professor of surgery at the University of New South Wales at St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney from 1969 to 1986. He was born in Sydney on 14 May 1926, the eldest of three sons of Haydn Douglas Tracy and Florence Tracy née McCarthy. His mother died in childbirth when he was jus

Geoffrey Scarlett was born on 3 January 1928 in Sydney, the son of a businessman, Wilfred Lea Scarlett, and Constance Mary, née Tuttill. Educated at De La Salle College, Ashfield, Sydney and the University of Sydney Medical School, Scarlett qualified MB BS in 1951. During his career he held posts