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

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

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.