After passing the College Fellowship in 1941 Vijoy Narain Singh returned to India and practiced at the Patna Medical College Hospital, Bihar. He is thought to have died in 1984 or 1985.

Stephen Elsenhammer received his medical education in Cape Town and Edinburgh, qualifying MB ChB Edinburgh in 1930. He obtained his Fellowship in 1941 and specialised in proctology, holding house positions at St Mark's Hospital before returning to South Africa and practising in Johannesburg for many

Muller studied medicine at the Ceylon Medical College, gaining its LMS in 1934 before coming to Britain and gaining the MB BS in 1938 and the Fellowship in 1941. In Ceylon he was surgeon in charge of the orthopaedic clinic in Colombo, while in Britain he was senior registrar at the Royal National Or

Leicester Hammond Aitken was born on 10 January 1911 in Wallasey, England, son of Alexander, a schoolmaster and Florence (Hammond). Presumably his parents emigrated to New Zealand as he was educated at Waitaki School and Otago University, qualifying in 1937. During the second world war he served

James (John) Jackson-Richmond (who appears in the Medical Directory before 1973 as James Jackson Richmond) graduated MB BS at Melbourne University in 1933. After obtaining his Fellowship in 1941, he specialised in radiotherapy and was at various times radiotherapist in charge of the radiotherapy dep

Leon Henry was born in Wallasey, Liverpool, on 30 October 1911. He was educated at the Liverpool Institute, where he was a distinguished classical scholar and athlete. He won an exhibition to Cambridge, but for family reasons he went to Liverpool, where he won several medals and prizes and graduated

Rex Vivian-Blaubaum was born on 23 August 1905 in Scotsdale, Tasmania. His father, Athol Blaubaum, was a consultant at the Alfred Hospital, and his mother was Blanche, nee Vivian. He was educated at Wesley College, Melbourne, and then entered the medical college of Melbourne University where he qual

Cornelius Hugh Cullen was born in Belfast in 1912 and qualified MB BCh BAO at Queen's University in 1935. He obtained the FRCSI in 1939; the FRCS in 1941 and the MCh Belfast in the same year. He was resident at Crumpsall Hospital, Manchester, where he later became a member of the consultant staff. H

John Noel Nish was born in Benalla, Victoria, Australia, in 1913, the son of a general practitioner and the grandson of the Reverend Dr Nish who left Scotland to preach to the goldminers in Bendigo. He was educated at Geelong Grammar School before entering Trinity College, Melbourne, for medical stu

Charles Halstead was born in Auckland on 11 September 1913. His father, Regement Dines Halstead, was company manager of the NZ Union Shipping Company, and his mother was Ivy Davies, née MacNab. He went to school at Timaru Boys' High School, and then to Otago Medical School. He held junior posts in D

Eileen Mary Whapham was an obstetrician and gynaecologist at Southend and Rochford Hospitals. She was born in London on 23 May 1907, the daughter of Albert Whapham, a businessman, and Harrie Mary Louisa Whitney, a schoolteacher who was the daughter of a cabinet-maker. Her younger sister, Violet Harr

Barry was born on 19 March 1903 at Cork in Ireland, the elder son of Jerome Barry, Fleet Surgeon RN, and was educated at the Christian Brothers' School, Cork, Clongowes Wood College and University College Cork. After graduation and a period as a house surgeon at Cork he followed his father into t