Hundreds of mourners packed a Derbyshire church for the funeral of a student stabbed to death in Borneo.
Neil Dalton, 22, from Ambergate, Derbyshire, was killed with Aidan Brunger, from Kent, in Kuching in the last few days of a medical placement.
About 500 family members, friends from school and Newcastle University filled St Peter's Church, in Belper.
The Reverend Anne Stratton, speaking before the service, said there would be tears but also "love and laughter".
About 500 mourners filled St Peter's Church in Belper Ms Stratton said: "He seemed to really care for people. That's one of the reasons the family think he went into medicine because he just really cared for other people.
"It just seems a sad and tragic loss for somebody who cared so much to lose his life whilst learning more about the career he loved."
Friends from school and Newcastle University gave tributes while a former lecturer led the prayers.
Ms Stratton said she hoped Mr Dalton would be an inspiration to others.
A hearse bearing the coffin was led to the church by a cortege for the funeral on Wednesday "I suspect there will be a great deal of grief," she added.
"There will be love and laughter but to lose somebody you have grown up with, there will be immense grief."
Derby and South Derbyshire Coroner's Court has opened and adjourned an inquest into the deaths of both men while Malaysian Police have charged a local man with their murder.
Both students have been awarded posthumous honorary degrees by their university.
Aidan Brunger, from Kent, died with Neil Dalton while on a placement in Borneo Funeral for Borneo murder victim
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