Ivan Bede Jose

Sir Ivan Bede Jose (13 February 1893 in Ningbo, China – 23 November 1969 in North Adelaide, South Australia, Australia) was a Chinese-born Australian surgeon, president of Royal Australasian College of Surgeons in 1955–1957 and chairman of the Australian Red Cross Society in 1966–1968[1]

He served in the Australian Army Medical Corps in WWI and was awarded a Military Cross.[2]

Family

His father was George Jose and he had two brothers, Wilfrid (commonly misspelled Wilfred), a soldier, and Gilbert Jose, a cricketer and soldier. He also had a son, Robert Jose, who lived in North Adelaide, South Australia, until he died in 2020.

References

  1. ^ Hunter, Ronald (1996). "Sir Ivan Bede Jose". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 16 June 2016.
  2. ^ "Ivan Bede JOSE". University of New South Wales. Retrieved 16 June 2016.
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