Gilbert Edgar Jose (1 November 1898 – 27 March 1942) was an Australian surgeon and

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er who played for

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. He died whilst a prisoner of war in Changi Prison during

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Early life

Jose was born in Taizhou, China, where his father,

George Jose George Herbert Jose (15 December 1868 – 26 November 1956) was a canon of St Peter's Cathedral, Adelaide, Australia, archdeacon of Mount Gambier and Dean of Adelaide. Born at Bristol, UK, Jose was educated at Clifton College,"Clifton College ...

, worked as a CMS missionary. Back in Australia, Jose attended St Peter's College in

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Cricket career

Jose made his first-class debut for South Australia in the 1918/19 season, against Victoria at the

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. He scored a pair, run out without scoring in the first innings and bowled for 0 by

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in his second innings. Although he only batted in the lower order, Jose wasn't called on to bowl in the match. His second first-class appearance came in 1920/21, at the

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, against the touring

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. He came in at six in the batting order and scored 16 in his first innings. Promoted up the order to five in the second innings, Jose scored just two.

Military service

Jose, a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, served with the Australian Army Medical Corps in World War II. A Major, he was assigned to the 10th Australian General Hospital and was taken prisoner by the Japanese. He was kept as a

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in Changi,

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and died from

dysentery Dysentery (UK pronunciation: , US: ), historically known as the bloody flux, is a type of gastroenteritis that results in bloody diarrhea. Other symptoms may include fever, abdominal pain, and a feeling of incomplete defecation. Complications ...

on 27 March 1942.

Family

He had two brothers,

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 t ...

and Wilfrid (commonly misspelled Wilfred) Oswald Jose, who both served in the first World War. Ivan was awarded a

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and was later the Chief Surgeon at the Royal Adelaide Hospital. Wilfrid was killed in action in Noreuil, France in April 1917. His son, Tony Jose, was also a first-class cricketer.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Jose, Gilbert 1898 births Australian cricketers South Australia cricketers Australian military doctors Australian military personnel killed in World War II Australian prisoners of war World War II prisoners of war held by Japan Deaths from dysentery 1942 deaths Australian Army personnel of World War II People from Taizhou, Zhejiang