Henry McLorinan, known to all as ‘Sandy’, was the son of WH McLorinan of South Melbourne. He was educated at Scotch College, Melbourne, where he played football, and matriculated, to proceed to Melbourne University to study medicine. He graduated in 1918, and enlisted in the AIF. Very soon the War was over, and Sandy was seconded to Fairfield Infectious Diseases Hospital. There he soon came under the spell of Frank Scholes, with whom he was closely associated for the next thirty years, and from whom he took over the reins as superintendent in 1948. Sandy took the DPH in 1924, and became a Member of the College in 1943 after returning from service in the Middle East. He was elected Fellow in 1951.

Sandy was a friendly, easy going man, thoughtful and most helpful to the younger members of his staff; and always with a sympathetic ear to practitioners faced with an emergency, or a little uncertain of a diagnosis. Sandy would relieve their anxiety and find a bed for their patient. His knowledge and experience of infectious diseases - in those days the common ones were diphtheria, measles, scarlet fever and whooping cough - was vast and his treatment superb. His close association with Frank Scholes ensured that this was so. He served on several government committees relative to the control of infectious diseases.

In 1939 he again enlisted in the AIF, went to the Middle East as registrar of the 2/2 Australian General Hospital and was later promoted lieutenant-colonel in command of 2/1 CCS. He was mentioned in dispatches. On returning to Australia he again took over his previous post at Fairfield. He was awarded the CBE by the Queen in 1960.

Sandy was a bachelor. He remained fond of sport, especially golf, at which he was very proficient, and frequently played in the late afternoon at the nearby Yarra Bend course, and on the weekend at the Royal Melbourne course. He was also interested in the sport of kings, and enjoyed a visit to the races. On his retirement he enjoyed his small farm in the country at Warburton and his association with the Athenaeum Club.