Little is known about Colin Landon Smith except that he graduated MB BS in London in 1953 and was a Fellow of both the London and Edinburgh Royal Colleges of Surgeons. He practised in Harley Street and died in 1979.

David Stanley Leitch was born in Leeton, New South Wales, on 9 January 1923, the son of John Stanley Leitch, a farmer and grazier and Marian, née Killen. He was educated at All Saints' College, Bathurst, New South Wales and at St Andrew's College, Sydney University, before joining the Australian Arm

John Anderson came from a well-known St Andrews golfing family. His grandfather, Jamie, won the Open Championship three times, 1877-78-79 and he was noted for his precision and flair. Anderson was educated at Madras College, St Andrews, Strathallan School, Perthshire, and St Andrews University where

Emanoel Lee, an identical twin, was born on 20 March 1933 in Johannesburg to Harry Lee, a consultant dermatologist, and his wife Zema, née Pencharz. He attended the Park Town High School in Johannesburg and proceeded to Witwatersrand Medical School from where he qualified in 1955. After junior appoi

Bernard James Bowden was born in 1927 at Mt Albert, Auckland, the only son of William and Catherine Bowden. He was educated at Takapuna Grammar School and entered Auckland University as a Sinclair Scholar, graduating BSc in 1948. He spent that year as a junior master at King's College, Auckland, but

Harold John Kevin Vieyra was born in Madras, India on 4 May 1929. He was educated privately before attending Montford Boys' European High School, Yercaud, where he became the junior athletics champion. His premedical studies were at Madras Christian College and he then qualified from Madras Medical