Born at Birmingham where his father was city treasurer, he was educated at King Edward's School there and trained at St Bartholomew's Hospital, London. He held resident posts at the Gordon Hospital, London, and the Queen's Hospital, Birmingham, and was resident medical officer under Bland-Sutton at

Born on 28 March 1888 at Corbar NSW son of a schoolmaster, he was educated at Sydney Grammar School and Sydney University. Qualifying in 1911 he was appointed RMO at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in Sydney and in 1912 he became a demonstrator of anatomy. In 1914 he joined the Australian Expeditionary