Former consultant surgeon Warrington (b northern Ontario, 1906; q Kingston, Ontario, 1930; TD, FRCS Ed), died from congestive heart failure on 7 November 2002.
During the second world war Donald served as a surgeon in Egypt and Europe. He was mentioned in dispatches. Later he received the OBE for his part in caring for 5000 wounded in two weeks during the Battle of the Falaise Gap. He became a consultant surgeon in Warrington in 1948, remaining there until his retirement in 1971. He published the first case of bilateral absence of the vas deferens and discovered a congenital link between obstructive epididymitis and lung disease, now known as Young's syndrome. In 1975 Donald became principal medical officer on the QE2's first round the world cruise. He returned to Canada in 1977 to work in the emergency department at Grace Hospital, Windsor, Ontario. He leaves a wife, Marjorie; three children; and five grandchildren.
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