John Matthias Joseph Jens studied medicine in Adelaide and qualified MB BS in 1934. He passed the Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons in 1940 and was a surgeon with the EMS. He served in the Royal Navy as a Lieutenant-Commander and was a temporary Major in the Australian Imperial Force at 11

Clarence Leggett was born on 24 July 1911. He was resident medical officer of the Sydney Repatriation Hospital in 1937, and later registrar and medical administrator there, moving to Brisbane as superintendent of the Royal Brisbane Hospital from 1941 to 1951, and of the University of Queensland from

Thomas Kelly was born on 27 March 1912 at Burra in South Australia, the son of a farmer and a farmer's daughter, and was educated at a convent school and the Christian Brothers College at Rostrevor. He went to medical school in Adelaide where he obtained the Duncan Hughes and Lady Duncan Scholarship

Charles Halstead was born in Auckland on 11 September 1913. His father, Regement Dines Halstead, was company manager of the NZ Union Shipping Company, and his mother was Ivy Davies, née MacNab. He went to school at Timaru Boys' High School, and then to Otago Medical School. He held junior posts in D

Ron Lowe was consultant ophthalmic surgeon to the Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital. He was born in Melbourne on 14 November 1913, the third son of William E Lowe, a contractor, and Isabella née Hinde. He was educated at Wesley College, Melbourne, and qualified as a pharmacist at the University o

Kevin McNamara was born in Auckland on 14 January 1915. His mother died when he was 12, leaving seven children, of whom Kevin was the oldest. His father remarried and had a further nine children. He was educated at the Sacred Heart College, from which he went to Otago University, qualifying at the a

Norman St. Clair Mulhearn was born in Broadwater, on the Richmond River, on 18 September 1898. After attending Fort Street Boys' High School he went to Sydney University to study medicine, graduating in 1921. After working at Sydney Hospital and the Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children he entered p

Evan Denham was born in Brisbane on 18 May 1913, but was brought up in New Zealand where his father, Henry George Denham, was Professor of Chemistry and Rector of Canterbury University. His mother was Helen Horrell, of farming stock. He was educated at Christ's College, Christchurch, and Canterbury