Joseph Jaconelli gained MB BS at Sydney University in 1947. Shortly after this he came to London where he served as medical officer at Australia House in 1950. In 1952 he was a demonstrator at the Royal College of Surgeons, and in 1953 he was surgical registrar at the London Hospital. He gained the

Bruce Pearson was born in Cairns, Queensland, on 29 July 1926, the son of Dr Henry Roy Pearson, a general practitioner with a special interest in obstetrics, and Louisa Agnes Crum. He went to Armidale High School, Perth Modern School and Sydney University, where he represented his school and college