Donald Manton Llewelyn was a paediatric surgeon at the Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney. He was born in Sydney on 11 December 1929, the sixth child and fourth son of Arthur Stuart Llewelyn, an insurance executive, and Loys Llewelyn née Bartrim, the daughter of a farmer. He was educated at Roseville

Warwick John Cook was a consultant general surgeon at Liverpool Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales. He was born in Sydney on 3 July 1930. His father Marcus Cook was a service manager; his mother Hilda Maude Cook née Thame was a housewife. He had a sister, Nerida. He attended Sydney Boys’ High School

After serving in the Australian Imperial Forces from 1942 to 1966, Donald Norman Leckie qualified MB BS at Sydney in 1953. From that time he held a number of posts at the Balmain District Hospital, Sydney, including that of medical superintendent, until he came to Britain in 1957. Here he held posts

After qualifying from Sydney University, he worked in New Zealand 1953-1955 holding house appointments at Dannevirke Hospital, Hawke's Bay and Dunedin Hospital and as surgical registrar at Christchurch Hospital. He came to England in 1956, and after periods at St James's Hospital, the London Ches

Derek Berg was born in 1926 in Hong Kong, where his father was a shipping broker and Norwegian Consul-General. His Australian mother Constance died of cerebral malaria just before his third birthday, and Derek was sent to live with his aunt in Adelaide. His father remarried and he returned to Hong K

Allan Edwin Joseph Mullins was born in Haberfield, Sydney, on 19 May 1928 and after early education at De La Salle College, Ashfield, entered the University of Sydney for his medical studies, qualifying in 1953. Initially he entered general practice in Albury and Wagga Wagga but came to England i