Gilbert Jose
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| Full name | Gilbert Edgar Jose | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1 November 1898 Taizhou, Zhejiang, China | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 27 March 1942 (aged 43) Changi Prison, Singapore | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1918/19–1920/21 | South Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Gilbert Edgar Jose (1 November 1898 – 27 March 1942) was an Australian surgeon and first-class cricketer who played for South Australia. He died whilst a prisoner of war in Changi Prison during World War II.
Jose was born in Taizhou, China, where his father, George Jose, worked as a CMS missionary.[1]
Back in Australia, Jose attended St Peter's College in Adelaide.
Cricket career
Jose made his first-class debut for South Australia in the 1918/19 season, against Victoria at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. He scored a pair, run out without scoring in the first innings and bowled for 0 by Ted McDonald in his second innings. Although he only batted in the lower order, Jose wasn't called on to bowl in the match.[2]
His second first-class appearance came in 1920/21, at the Adelaide Oval, against the touring Marylebone Cricket Club. 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.[3]
Military service
Jose, a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, served with the Australian Army Medical Corps in World War II.[4][5] A Major, he was assigned to the 10th Australian General Hospital and was taken prisoner by the Japanese.[6] He was kept as a prisoner of war in Changi, Singapore and died from dysentery on 27 March 1942.[7]