Born in Albury in 1942, John Smiles lives in Canberra.

He has contributed to You Tube and attended an eye clinic in Samoa for many years. He enjoys short handed sailing and reading Dante.

A Retinal Specialist at the Canberra Retina Clinic and the Canberra Hospital.  Randev Mendis is also a clinical lecturer at ANU and an examiner for the COPEM group for RANZCO.  Qualifying as an Ophthalmologist in Aberdeen, he also completed his vitreo-retina fellowship in Manchester and Perth to become a Vitreo-retinal surgeon.