Ross Bastiaan

Ross Bastiaan
Personal details
BornMelbourne, Victoria
NationalityAustralian
ProfessionDentist

Ross Jan 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]

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.