Aubrey Goodwin was born on 4 September 1889, son of Alfred Goodwin, Fellow of Balliol College, Oxford, and was educated at University College and Hospital, London, qualifying in 1913 and winning the Honours Medal. After holding resident appointments he joined the RAMC in 1914 serving at Salonika and

William Hawksworth was born in New Zealand in 1911 and was educated at Nelson College and at the University of Otago, graduating from there in 1935. After various house appointments he was awarded a New Zealand Travelling Obstetric Scholarship which took him to Melbourne where he became a house surg