William Roy Carswell was born in 1915, the son of a Dunedin doctor, and was educated in the University of Otago where he graduated MB ChB in 1939. He was appointed house surgeon to Wellington Hospital and then joined the New Zealand Expeditionary Force. He had a distinguished military career and was

Anthony Pathmanathan Sandrasagra, the son of M F R Sandrasagra, was born on 9 May 1909 at Jaffna, Ceylon (now Sri Lanka). After education at St Patrick's College, Jaffna and St Benedict's College, Colombo, he entered Colombo Medical College with the five year Jeejee Bhoy scholarship. He had an outst

David James Waterston was born in St Andrews on 26 August 1910, the son of Professor David Waterston FRSE, FRCSE, Professor of Anatomy in the University of St Andrew's and younger brother of Brigadier Richard E Waterston FRCS (*Lives of the Fellows*, 1974-1982, p.406). He was educated privately at C