'His life was gentle, and the elements
So mixed in him that Nature might stand up
And say to all the world This was a man.'
Julius Caesar (V v 73)

And so it was with 'Cata', a gentle, unassuming and caring man. He was born in Melbourne, the son of Dr John Catarinich, who was a one time director of mental hygiene in Victoria. Upon graduation he became Resident Medical Officer at Prince Henry's Hospital, Melbourne after which he served with the Australian Military Forces from 1941 to 1946. It is interesting to note that despite a significant disability, resulting from poliomyelitis contracted during his adolescence, he saw active service in New Guinea. It is a measure of the man that, as his physical incapacity became more disabling with the passage of time, he was never heard to complain.

He was appointed to the staff of the Repatriation General Hospital, Heidelberg in 1948, and later became senior specialist (medicine) until his retirement in 1980. His practice of medicine was painstaking and systematic. When he had a problem he would chew it over, probing, seeking other opinions and researching the literature.

When the late Dr WE King resigned as a visiting physician to the Repatriation General Hospital, Heidelberg, Frank assumed the guiding role in the training of large numbers of Resident Medical Officers who aspired to College membership. At that time, when the format of the examination was changed to include multiple choice question moiety, he set himself the task of compiling a comprehensive list of questions so that his candidates might gain experience with this new method of assessment. His junior colleagues found that he was readily available for counselling and in these matters he was always courteous and helpful. He will be remembered.