Obituaries

Dr Howard Watts, family physician, mentor, RACGP Censor, Practice Principal, to mention only a few of many positions is his long life, passed away, unexpectedly, on the 29th July 2021, aged 81 years

Clive became a member of the RACGP in 1967 and achieved Fellowship in 1974

Peter was Chair of the RACGP Council for seven years and Patron of the RACGP Foundation

Professor Carson was a pioneer of general practice, his influence on the academic discipline in Australia profound and still felt to this day

Dr Andrew Noel Fraser was born in Kew, Melbourne, the only child of Ruby and Andrew, a homemaker and an electrical engineer

Frank Mansfield was best known as a medical educator and an inspiring teacher who was an Australian pioneer of vocational training

With the death of John Bamford on 29 November 1970 the medical profession of Western Australia lost one of its most devoted members

Dr Bob Brien died on 26 April 2007 in Coffs Harbour where he had been a very popular and well respected general practitioner

John was a Foundation Member of the College and was a member of the Victoria Faculty when it was established on 1 November 1956

In his early years, Dr John Gojko Radunovich was a GP, surgeon, obstetrician, anaesthetist, psychiatrist and ambulance driver

Neville was the epitome of general practice with the qualities that anyone would look for in their family doctor

Dr Gates was a reserved, quiet and modest general practitioner who devoted his life to the improvement of the standards of general practice, he set that same high standard for himself

Dr Kassam was well known for his volunteer work with the Ismaili Muslim community in Canada and with the local community

Dr Phillip Kessly's career was conspicuous for his dedication to community, family and the art and science of medicine

Ian managed to balance his academic, social, recreational and personal life in an exemplary fashion

As a GP for 60 years, Dr Raoul de Crespigny Tunbridge lived a long and full life, contributing much to the lives of family, friends and colleagues, and to the community and our nation

John (Jack) Anthony Comerford graduated MBBS from the University of Queensland in 1957

Dr Richard Evans is remembered as a kind, gentle and humble man, a master ‘Mr Fixit’ and a brilliantly sharp, hard-working GP

Dr Jim Leavesley began performing vasectomies in 1971

The RACGP granted Douglas a Fellowship ad eundem gradum in 1981

The well–known and well–loved Associate Professor Amanda Jane McBride passed away on 13 July 2016

From the extensive clinical and surgical training he undertook to multiple courses in later years, Dr Alan (Eric) Fisher continued to deepen and broaden his professional skills

A compassionate pioneer

Charles Rowland Bromley Richards, known to all as Rowley, was a general practitioner, sports medicine physician, community leader, humanitarian, and author

A  life of service to community, family and country came to an end recently when Cessnock general practitioner, war veteran and volunteer, Donald Lang, died on September 4

Keith’s contribution to the development of future generations of doctors was a reflection of his broader work in the community

Sandy was passionate about practising and teaching medicine, particularly communication in medicine

Carl Clifford Jungfer was one of those rare doctors able to pursue his calling actively for a period in excess of half a century. Such survival demands very special qualities, and I would like to examine them briefly.

The mercurial Monty is dead. Most of us imagined that this could never happen. There were progressive clinical signs, of course, that it would, which he, with his customary fortitude, ignored and we, with our usual defence against anxiety, denied.