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David Hugh LeMessurier (29 March 1912 - 9 November 1976) was an Australian medical practitioner, physiologist and academic who served in the Royal Australian Air Force as a medical officer during the Second World War, and investigated the decompression practices of pearl divers in the Torres Strait with Brian Andrew Hills in the 1960's

Early life and education
LeMessurier was born in Adelaide, South Australia, on 29 March 1912, the son of Alfred Le Messurier, a shipping businessman and timber merchant, and his second wife, Lillian Chewings. He attended St Peter’s College and then studied science at the University of Adelaide where he graduated with a BSc in physiology and organic chemistry in 1932 and BSc (Hons) in physiology and pharmacology in 1932. He then studied medicine and graduated with MB BCh from Edinburgh University in 1940.