Person
Barnes, John Handyside (Jack) (1922 - 1985)
MBE
- Born
- 2 April 1922
Charleville, Queensland, Australia - Died
- 11 August 1985
Cairns, Queensland, Australia - Occupation
- Medical practitioner, Soldier and Toxicologist
Summary
Medical practitioner Jack Barnes was named MBE (Member of the Order of the British Empire) for his research into the toxicity of box jellyfish in Queensland. He carried out this research in the 1950s and 1960s. In 1961 he collected the first specimen known to science of a fingernail-sized jellyfish that caused 'irukandji syndrome', which was named in his honour Carukia barnesi. He worked with other medical practitioners and life savers on the Queensland coast to promote awareness of jellyfish envenomation symptoms and also continued to work in private practice in Queensland from the 1950s to the 1980s.
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Chronology
- 1940 - 1946
- Education - Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, University of Queensland
- 1941 - 1943
- Military service - Served in the Australian Imperial Force, East Timor
- 1947 - c. 1953
- Career position - Medical superintendent of Thursday Island Hospital
- 1953
- Career event - Established Private Practice, Cairns, Queensland
- 1958
- Career event - Requested to research the Chironex fleckeri Southcott by the North Queensland Branch of the British Medical Association
- 1961
- Career event - Collected the unique specimen of the Carukia barnesi
- 1970
- Award - Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE) - In recognition of service to medical research
Published resources
Book Sections
- Baker, Joe, 'Barnes, John Handyside (1922-1985), Medical Practitioner and Toxinologist' in Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 17 (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 2007), pp. 64-65. http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/barnes-john-handyside-jack-12177. Details
Journal Articles
- Pearn, John and Fenner, Peter, 'The Jellyfish Hunter - Jack Barnes: a Pioneer Medical Toxinologist in Australia', Toxicon, 48 (2006), 762-767. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q21535458. Details
- CA 2002, 2 Echelon, Army Headquarters; CA 46, Department of Defence [III], Central Office, 'NAA: B883, QX26087', B883 Second Australian Imperial Force Personnel Dossiers, 1939-1947, National Archives of Australia, RecordSearch, https://RecordSearch.naa.gov.au/scripts/AutoSearch.asp?O=I&Number=4868249. Details
- 'Barnes, John Handyside (19220402-19850811)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1463282. Details
Rebecca Rigby
Created: 20 December 2012, Last modified: 27 July 2022