Jack Barnes

Biography

• Born 2 April 1922 Charleville, Australia
• 1940-1946 Medical Degree, University of Queensland
• 1941-1943 Served in the Australian Imperial Force, East Timor
• 1947-1953 Medical superintendent of Thursday Island Hospital
• 1953 – Private Practice, Cairns, Queensland
• 1961 – Collected the unique specimen of ‘Carukia barnesi’
• 1970 – MBE, Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire
• Died 11 August 1985 Cairns, Australia

Medical Eponyms

• Carukia barnesi (1964) Irukandji Syndrome

Major Publications

• Barnes JH. Cause and Effect in Irukandji Stingings. Med J Aust. 1964 Jun 13;1:897-904. [Irukandji Syndrome]
• Barnes JH. Siphonophores, Part 1 of a Series. The North Queensland Naturalist 1962;30:131
• Barnes JH. Siphonophores, Part 2 of a series. The North Queensland Naturalist 1964;32:135.
• Barnes JH. The Crown of Thorns Starfish as a Destroyer of Coral. Aust. Natural History. 1966
• Barnes JH. Endean R. A dangerous starfish. Acanthaster planci (Linne). Med J Aust. 1964;1: 592

References

• Cato N. Pantyhose for the lifesavers. The Canberra Times. 47, (13,317). 28 December 1972
• Baker J. Barnes, John Handyside (Jack) (1922–1985). Australian Dictionary of Biography. Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 2007;17:64-65
• Pearn J, Fenner P. The Jellyfish hunter—Jack Barnes: A pioneer medical toxinologist in Australia. Toxicon. 2006 Dec 1;48(7):762-7. [PMID 17070882]
• Roberts J, Kinsey B. ‘Who Knew Jack Barnes: a Short Biography of Dr John Handyside Barnes, Pioneer Medical Toxinologist’. In: Pioneer Medicine in Australia (Pearn J), Amphion Press, Brisbane, 1988, pp. 251-268, 309
• Barnes, John Handyside (Jack) (1922 – 1985). Encyclopedia of Australian Science