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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2012-12-20 human Rebecca Rigby updated 2025-02-04 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P005316b.htm person Barnes John Handyside MBE AACR2 2 April 1922 11 August 1985 Place of Birth Charleville, Queensland, Australia Place of Death Cairns, Queensland, Australia Toxicologist Medical practitioner Soldier 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. 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 1953 Career event - Established Private Practice, Cairns, Queensland 1958 1958 Career event - Requested to research the Chironex fleckeri Southcott by the North Queensland Branch of the British Medical Association 1961 1961 Career event - Collected the unique specimen of the Carukia barnesi 1970 1970 Award - Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE) - In recognition of service to medical research

Wikidata

 Barnes, John Handyside (19220402-19850811)

Trove

 'Barnes, John Handyside (Jack)', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Barnes, John Handyside (Jack) Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Resource: B883 Second Australian Imperial Force Personnel Dossiers, 1939-1947 CA 2002, 2 Echelon, Army Headquarters; CA 46, Department of Defence [III], Central Office B883 Second Australian Imperial Force Personnel Dossiers, 1939-1947 National Archives of Australia, RecordSearch Book Section: Barnes, John Handyside (1922-1985), medical practitioner and toxinologist Baker, Joe Barnes, John Handyside (1922-1985), medical practitioner and toxinologist Melbourne Melbourne University Press 2007 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 17: 1981 - 1990 A-K Diane Langmore 64-65

Source used to compile entry

 Journal Article: The Jellyfish Hunter - Jack Barnes: a Pioneer Medical Toxinologist in Australia Pearn, John and Fenner, Peter The Jellyfish Hunter - Jack Barnes: a Pioneer Medical Toxinologist in Australia 2006 Toxicon 48 762-767