Ross Bastiaan

Ross Bastiaan AM RFD (born 1951) is an Australian Melbourne area-based specialist dentist (a periodontist) and colonel in the Australian Army Reserve. He has installed bronze plaques around the world at monuments for and sites of past Australian military battles.[1][2]

Ross Bastiaan
Personal details
BornMelbourne, Victoria
NationalityAustralian
ProfessionDentist

Bastiaan has served on the Australian Government's War Memorial Council.[3][4] He has assisted Victoria police with forensic dentistry.[5] He has written and contributed to a number of books. He was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia in 1991 for service to Australian military history[6] and promoted to Member of the Order of Australia in 2006 for services to military history and dentistry.[7] He was awarded the Centenary Medal in 2001 for his work with veterans.[8] His life has been covered in the Australian media.[9]

References
  1. "Dr Ross Bastiaan AM" (PDF). Dent-AL. No. 26. University of Melbourne. 2017. p. 1. Retrieved 16 June 2024.
  2. Bastiaan, Ross (2 December 2017). "Occasional Address" (PDF). University of Melbourne. Retrieved 16 June 2024.
  3. Vale, Danna (19 May 2004). "Reappointment to Australian War Memorial Council". Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 16 June 2024.
  4. "Australian War Memorial Council Re-Appointments". Parliament of Australia. 13 April 2008. Retrieved 16 June 2024.
  5. "History of Forensic Odontology in Australia". AuSFO Inc. Retrieved 16 June 2024.
  6. "Dr Ross Jan BASTIAAN (Medal of the Order of Australia)". Australian Government, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
  7. Webb, Carolyn (26 January 2006). "ROSS BASTIAAN AM". The Age. Retrieved 16 June 2024.
  8. "Dr Ross Jan BASTIAAN (Centenary Medal)". Australian Government, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
  9. "You Must Remember This / Men Behaving Badly". ABC.net.au. 5 November 2018. Retrieved 16 June 2024.
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