Thomas Pirotta qualified MB BS from Adelaide in 1955. He was appointed resident medical officer to the Royal Adelaide Hospital in 1956. On coming to England he worked as a senior house officer at the Leicester Royal Infirmary in 1960 and was appointed registrar to the orthopaedic and traumatological

David Barton was born in Adelaide on 20 January 1933, the son of Arthur Augustus Barton, a bank manager and his wife, Ellen. He was at school at Riverton and was awarded the Prince Alfred College Grasby Scholarship before entering the University of Adelaide where he graduated in medicine in 1955. Hi

David John Lobascher was born in Perth, Western Australia on 17 August 1932 the son of Lewin Lobascker, an accountant. His mother Violet, née Bryan, died when he was young and his early education was at the Modern Medical School, Perth, before entering the University of Adelaide Medical School. He q