Jones, Edmund Britten
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UAdelaide
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World War I
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Jones
Given name(s)
Edmund Britten
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E.B.
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Sir
Gender
Male
Naming note
Jones, Edmund Britten sometimes referred to as Britten Jones, Edmund e.g. in the 2014 publication : Verco, C. et al, Blood, Sweat and Fears : medical practitioners and medical students of South Australia who served in World War I, 2014
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Member of Intervarsity Sports Team
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Survived WWI
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Rhodes Scholar
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Roman Catholic
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E B Jones was Acting Lecturer on Medical Diseases of Children at the University of Adelaide. He also served as a Member of the Adelaide University Council.
As a student he received a Blue for Cricket in 1911. He also played for North Adelaide Football Club.
As a student he received a Blue for Cricket in 1911. He also played for North Adelaide Football Club.
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E B Jones excelled academically and at most sports. He won the Everard Scholarship in 1910 and was the South Australian Rhodes Scholar for 1912. Later, at Magdalen College, Oxford University, he was awarded First Class Honours in Physiology.
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E B Jones was Secretary of the SA Branch of the British Medical Association and the SA Representative on the Federal Council of the BMA in 1937. He was also the President of the Medical Benevolent Association in 1949. He was Honorary Consulting Physician at Adelaide Children's Hospital and the Queen Victoria Maternity Hospital.
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