Born at Ashfield, New South Wales on 6 February 1886 son of Sir David Storey MLC, he was educated at Randwick, Sydney Grammar School and the University of Sydney. In 1910-11 he was resident medical officer at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital and in 1911 medical registrar for six months followed f

Educated at Wesley College and Ormonde College, University of Melbourne, where he was awarded a major scholarship, he was later at the Middlesex Hospital as a postgraduate. After qualification he worked as a general practitioner in Kyneton, and in 1908 as resident medical officer at the Alfred Ho