"My mum's younger brother was Dr Mike Jones, who was quite a famous adventure and expedition paddler in the 1970s, " says Baillie.

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The cause of eradicating needless blindness among India's destitute had fired the imagination of Aravind's founders, led by Dr. Nam's late brother-in-law, the charismatic Govindappa Venkataswamy, or Dr. V.

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Dr Bondeson said Jones's brother persuaded him to go to Australia again and he became the town crier of Perth.

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