[1] Born in Newcastle on 10 May 1942, Bray graduated in medicine from Sydney University in 1966.
[2] He was awarded a Doctor of Medicine by the University of Western Australia for his thesis, "Immunity to a murine melanoma" in 1976.
[3] Bray is known for the introduction and postgraduate teaching of vascular ultrasound in Australia, for which he received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Australasian College of Phlebology.
[4] He was part of the first group of surgeons to form the International Society of Endovascular Surgery.
[2] In 2018, he was awarded an Order of Australia Medal for his contribution to medicine, particularly vascular surgery.