Appacutty Sinnatamby qualified in medicine in Ceylon and became a medical officer in the Colonial Medical Service. He became a Fellow of the College in 1948 and lived in London for some years before returning to Colombo where he became Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the University of Cey

Drogo Austin was born in Colombo, Ceylon on 17 October 1910, the son of Lester Austin, a banker in the National Bank of India who claimed descent from the Commissar General of the British Army which had captured Ceylon from the Dutch. His mother was Ethel Elfreda, née Nicolle. He was educated at Roy