After serving in the Australian Imperial Forces from 1942 to 1966, Donald Norman Leckie qualified MB BS at Sydney in 1953. From that time he held a number of posts at the Balmain District Hospital, Sydney, including that of medical superintendent, until he came to Britain in 1957. Here he held posts

After qualifying from Sydney University, he worked in New Zealand 1953-1955 holding house appointments at Dannevirke Hospital, Hawke's Bay and Dunedin Hospital and as surgical registrar at Christchurch Hospital. He came to England in 1956, and after periods at St James's Hospital, the London Ches