Billcliff was born at Christchurch, New Zealand and was educated at Christchurch Boys High School; he attended the Otago Medical School and graduated in 1920. As a student he had a distinguished record in anatomy and later became graduate lecturer and examiner in that subject. He was a house surgeon

Born 14 May 1878 at Christchurch, New Zealand, the seventh child and fifth son of Michael O'Brien, who owned a boot-factory there, and his wife Bridget Anne Quinn. He was educated at Christchurch Boys High School, and come to England to take his medical training at Guy's Hospital, where he served as

Born 9 April 1881, son of Hugh McCaw, MB CM Glasgow 1877, in practice at East Taieri, Otago, New Zealand, and Jane Macadam Todd, his wife. He was educated at the Otago Boys' High School and at Otago College, University of New Zealand, before coming to England to study medicine. He entered the London

Born at Bridgewater near Bendigo, Victoria in 1880. His forebears had migrated to Australia from Foss, near Pitlochry, Scotland in 1840. The family moved later to Narracan, Gippsland, where his father was a timber contractor and where he attended school, but was largely self taught. He matriculated

Born at Sydney on 25 April 1888, son of Clarence Bridge, a woolbroker, and Helen MacMahon, his wife. Educated at St Ignatius College, Riverview, Sydney 1901-06 and at Sydney University 1907-11, he was a student of the first clinical school at Sydney Hospital 1909 and graduated with honours at the be

Henry Barrett was born on 7 November 1903 in Timaru, New Zealand, the son of Henry, a farmer, and his wife Annie, née Campbell. One of his mother's uncles had the distinction of being physician to the Czar of Russia. He received his education at Hamilton High School where he distinguished himself

James Percival Ainslie will long be remembered for the prominent part he played in the establishment of the clinical school in the University of Western Australia, and in the foundation of the Advisory Medical Council for Australia. Ainslie was born in Perth, Western Australia, on 14 August 1899

Born in Adelaide on February 8 1896, the son of a schoolmaster, Leonard Lindon lost his father when he was only one year old. He was educated at Geelong Grammar School where his uncle was headmaster and then proceeded to St Peter's College, starting his medical course at the University of Adelaide i

Ivan Jose was born on 13 February 1893 in China where his father was an Anglican missionary. When he was ten years old the family moved to Adelaide, South Australia, where his father became first the Rector of Christ Church, North Adelaide, and later Dean of the Adelaide diocese. Ivan had two younge