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Athelstan John Henton SAW was born in Perth, 16 July 1868. He was the son of Henry Saw, a business man in Perth, who died leaving his wife to complete the bringing up of his three sons. He was educated at the High School, Perth, and the success of his studies enabled him to go to Trinity College, Cambridge, where he obtained his Master of Arts degree. He completed medical studies at St. Mary's Hospital, London. He was a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons. After his return to Perth he became surgeon to the Perth Hospital, the appointment dating from 1895. In 1915 he was elected to the Legislative Council for the Metropolitan Suburban Province, and was a member of the Upper House until his death. When the war broke out the Saw was an honorary Minister in the Wilson Government. He volunteered and served as senior surgeon to the 14th. Australian General Hospital in Egypt, and was promoted to the rank of lieutenant-colonel in the Army Medical Corps. For his services with the A.I.F. he was mentioned in despatches in 1918 and was awarded the O.B.E. When Saw returned to Australia he practically gave up the practice of his profession, and devoted most of his time to political and educational activities. Members of the Legislative Council heard him speak for the last time on 14 November 1929, when he moved the second reading of the Criminal Code Amendment Bill to abolish capital punishment — a measure which was introduced in the Assembly by Mr. Mann. Saw died on the morning of Thursday 28 November 1929, aged 61.