Biographies

Dr Alan Alison Barr was a respected and long serving general practitioner at 173 Canning Highway in South Perth from 1948–1980

Dr Eric Fisher was encouraged to pursue a career in medicine and rose to become a President of the RACGP

David Aylward Game was born in Adelaide, South Australia, 31 March 1926 , the fourth son of Tasman Aylward, a bank manager, and Clarice Mary (nee Turner) Game, an ex-trained nurse

Caring, honesty, and an attitude of service, when added to experience have multiplying effects towards good practice, the opposite is also true

Guido was the oldest of six children of Alberto Fortunato Mayrhofer, a merchant and picture framer from Naples in Italy, and his Victorian-born wife Mabel Emma Allpress

The late Harvard Merrington was born in Brisbane and received his medical education in New Zealand, but marriage and medicine brought him back to Australia

James ‘Jim’ Watson was an altruistic and complex individual who served as RACGP President, treasurer, WA Faculty President and Provost

My father and grandfather were both country general practitioners in Victoria, but as a child I was not at all interested in following the family tradition

The college awarded Dr North with the Rose-Hunt award in 1994 and made him a Life Fellow in 1999

Dr Murray Verso has been a partner at the Williamstown clinic since 1977 and a visiting medical officer to the Williamstown Hospital from 1978 until the position was phased out in 2007

Dr Edmonds was a WWII glider pilot, a champion person and a superb teacher of young doctors

William Theodore Hodge was born in England in the village of Middleton, Warwickshire on 12 September 1859

Dick Roberts was a physician of great physical presence and generous spirit

Dr Robert Benjamin Cooter's experience fashioned him into a pathfinder for improving rural healthcare and the lot of rural Australians

Dr Geoffrey Gates was the 15th president of the RACGP (1988–1990) and the third West Australian to hold that office

Maureen Cazalet was born in the city of Ahmednagar in the state of Maharashtra about 100 km northeast of Poona

Patrick worked as an intern and resident medical officer (RMO) at the Royal Brisbane Hospital before taking on a paediatric registrar position at the Royal Children’s Hospital for two years

Mary’s contributions to advancing the status of women in medicine and advocating for children are well recognised