http://www.sigmaaldrich.com/etc/medialib/docs/Aldrich/Acta/al_acta_30_01.pdf Aldrichimica Acta Volume 30 No 4 (pdf) from http://www.sigmaaldrich.com/chemistry/chemical-synthesis/learning-center/aldrichimica-acta.html Sigma-Aldrich
He completed his B.Sc. (Hons.) degree at the University of New South Wales in 1958 and went on to the Victoria University of Manchester where his studies on the fungal pigment phomazarin led to the award of a Ph.D. in 1963 under the supervision of (the late) Professor Arthur J. Birch.