Malcolm George Nott was a consultant orthopaedic and trauma surgeon in Rochdale. He was born on 8 July 1925 and studied medicine in Madras, India, qualifying MB BS in 1952. Prior to his appointment in Rochdale he held posts at Hartshill Orthopaedic Hospital, North Staffordshire Royal Infirmary, and

John Harvey Drew was a general surgeon. Born in North Sydney on 21 December 1932, he was the son of Edward George Douglas Anderson Drew and his wife Elizabeth Ida. Her father, John Cappie Shand, was a general practitioner. He was educated at Griffith High School in New South Wales and attended Sydne