George Schnitzler received his medical education at Sydney University, qualifying MB BS with honours in 1951. After qualification and house posts in Sydney he came to London and gained the Fellowship in 1955. On returning to Sydney he specialised in urology, and in addition to his private practice h

David Cropley was born in Sydney on 15 June 1926. His father, Oswald Albert Cropley, was a shoemaker. His mother was Hester Sarah Cropley. From the Sydney Church of England Grammar School he went to study medicine at Sydney University, and was for a time anatomical prosector. After qualification, he