Mohamed Hassan El Zeneiny was born on 5 July 1909. His father, Dr Hassan Hussien El Zeneiny was a veterinary doctor. He attended primary and secondary schools in Cairo and studied medicine at Kasr-El-Aini University, Cairo, while working at the University Hospital as a house officer, later becoming

Sir John Kenny was born in Sydney, Australia, on 12 January 1914. His father, Patrick John Kenny, was a civil servant and his mother was Agnes Margaret, née Carberry. He attended Marcellin College, Sydney, and the University of Sydney Medical School where he was an honours graduate in 1936. Followin

John Matthias Joseph Jens studied medicine in Adelaide and qualified MB BS in 1934. He passed the Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons in 1940 and was a surgeon with the EMS. He served in the Royal Navy as a Lieutenant-Commander and was a temporary Major in the Australian Imperial Force at 11

Jack Darling was born in Lurgan, County Armagh, on 5 July 1911, the second of eight children. His father, John Singleton Darling, was a GP surgeon who became President of the Ulster branch of the BMA and of the Ulster Medical Association. His mother, Marjorie née Shillington, was the daughter of a c