Douglas Robert Leslie was a general surgeon at the Royal Melbourne Hospital. Born in Hitchin, Hertfordshire on 23 February 1914, he was the third child and second son of the Reverend Ernest Thomas Leslie, who was an Anglican priest, and his wife Margaret Jane (Jenny) née Maggs. After starting his ed

Ramesh Nigam was founder professor and head of the department of surgery at the Maulana Azad Medical College, Delhi, India, and a distinguished vascular surgeon. Born on 12 August 1920, his father had served in the Indian Medical Service, and then became professor of surgery at the King George's Med

David Le Vay was a consultant orthopaedic surgeon to Woolwich Brook General Hospital, London, for more than 30 years. During this time, he spent a year at the World Health Organization in Geneva and was later a visiting professor of surgery at the Shiraz Medical School, Iran. After his retirement fr

Lionel Jones was born in London on 5 October 1910, the son of Harry Evan, an architect, and Louisa Ada, his wife. He was educated at the Merchant Taylors' School, from which he followed his brother Bertram to St Thomas's Hospital with a Merchant Taylors' scholarship. He had an outstanding career as

Stanley Francis Reid, while a medical student at Melbourne, took a keen interest in flying and was one of a small band of students who joined the Citizen Air Force at Laverton, where he won his 'wings'. After qualifying MB BS Melbourne in 1936 he held posts as RMO in the Royal Melbourne Hospital, 19

Born on 28 September 1913 only son of Sir Hugh Devine FRCS, the distinguished Melbourne surgeon, and Mary O'Donnell his wife. He was educated at Beaumont College, Old Windsor, and at Xavier College, Melbourne. He graduated in 1937 from the University of Melbourne with first-class honours, and was aw

David Le Vay was a consultant orthopaedic surgeon at Woolwich Brook Memorial Hospital, and a writer and linguist. He was born in London on 14 May 1915, the son of Montague Le Vay, a retailer, and Eva née Goldstein. He was educated at Haberdashers' Aske's School, in Hampstead, from which he entered U