Derek Farrar was one of the few who brought ENT surgery to Tasmania. He was born in Southsea, England, on 27 December 1921, the son of a naval officer. He was educated in Hong Kong and Plymouth, before going to St Bartholomew’s Hospital to study medicine. After graduating, he did six months as an

Norman Vincenti was a group captain in the medical branch of the Royal Air Force and a consultant ENT surgeon. He was born on 5 December 1926 on Malta, the eldest of three sons of Edward Albert Vincenti, a civil servant, and Josephine Vincenti née Fiteni, the daughter of a judge. He was educated at

Surgeon captain Peter Warren Head was an ENT consultant in the Royal Navy. He was born on 4 October 1924. He trained at Guy's, qualifying MB BS in 1948, and then held house posts at Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester, including a six-month appointment in ear, nose and throat surgery. In 1950