 Here, typhus and starvation were prevalent.They included Michael Hargrave, whose diary, later published as "", details his month-long experience at the camp and describes the introductory briefing on the challenges they would face, given by Meiklejohn.Other students included Alex Paton who published his memoirs of Belsen in the "British Medical Journal" in 1981 and David Philip Bowler who later had a career in community child health, for which he was awarded the Advance Australia Award for his work in the care of Aboriginal children.