Elwin George Currow was chief executive officer of the Royal Newcastle Hospital, New South Wales, Australia. Born on 16 September 1926 in Auckland, he was the son of George Arthur Currow, a school master and his wife Marguerite Dulce Marion née Fury who was also a teacher. He attended several school

Doug Tracy was foundation professor of surgery at the University of New South Wales at St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney from 1969 to 1986. He was born in Sydney on 14 May 1926, the eldest of three sons of Haydn Douglas Tracy and Florence Tracy née McCarthy. His mother died in childbirth when he was jus

Tom Nash was a seventh generation Australian of Irish extraction, born on the family property at Yass, NSW. He was educated at Christian Brothers Goulburn (Dux 1942) and Sydney University (1943-8, MB BS Hons 1). At St Johns College, University of Sydney, he excelled at rugby, cricket, swimming, divi