title: Ivan Bede Jose
text: # 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
  
  ## Family
  
  His father was George Jose and brother to Wilfrid (commonly misspelled Wilfred) Jose, a soldier, and Gilbert Jose, a cricketer and soldier. He also has a son, Robert Jose, who lived in North Adelaide, South Australia, until he died in 2020.
  
  