Frederick Henry Rowland ('Fred') was a surgeon commander in the Royal Navy. He was born in Merton on 28 May 1943, the eldest son of Frederick Rowland, a plumber, and Cissie Florence Minnie Rowland née Shelley. He was educated at All Saints School, south Wimbledon, and Rutlish School, Merton, where he gained a scholarship. He went on to study medicine at Manchester University, graduating MB ChB in 1966. He was a house physician and house surgeon at Cirencester and then a demonstrator in anatomy at the University of Manchester. He subsequently joined the Royal Navy. While at the Royal Naval Hospital Devonport he carried out research on varicose vein surgery. He left the Navy and then worked in Saudi Arabia, Australia and Fiji. He eventually settled in Australia, where he was a visiting surgeon at Kalgoorlie Regional Hospital and Esperance District Hospital, and took Australian citizenship. He was married five times. He died from urosepsis on 3 May 2012, aged 68.