William Richard McKechnie was an ENT surgeon in New Zealand. He was born on 31 October 1906 in Koiterangi (now Kowhitirangi) on the west coast of New Zealand, the son of Charlie, a marine engineer, and Jean, a hotelier. He was educated at Timaru Secondary High School, and then went on to study medic

Barrie Pedder Scrivener, or 'Baz', was a distinguished otolaryngologist based in Sydney. He was born at Mount Irvine in the Blue Mountains on 3 August 1927. His father, Percy Pedder Scrivener, was town clerk at Katoomba, and had won the Military Cross at Gallipoli. His grandfather, Charles Scrivener