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Travers, Basil Holmes (Jika) (1919–1998)

	Travers, Basil Holmes (Jika) (1919–1998)
Born	7 July, 1919 Bondi, Sydney , New South Wales , Australia
Died	18 December, 1998 (aged 79) Chatswood, Sydney , New South Wales , Australia
Cause of Death	cancer (not specified)
Religious Influence	Anglican
Education*	Sydney Church of England Grammar School (student, 1928-1937) University of Sydney (student, 1938-1939) University of Sydney (student, 1945-1945) Oxford University (student, 1946-1950)
Occupation*	army officer (1939-1945) Federal, Australia Rugby Union player (1947-1949) Overseas Rugby Union player (1950-1950) New South Wales, Australia schoolteacher (1950-1952) New South Wales, Australia sports writer (1950-1950) New South Wales, Australia biographer (1953-1953) New South Wales, Australia school principal (1953-1958) Tasmania, Australia school principal (1959-1984) New South Wales, Australia biographer (1983-1983) New South Wales, Australia
Military Service*	World War II (army officer) Evacuation of Greece, 1941 (army officer) Salamaua–Lae campaign, 1943 (army officer)
Awards	Rhodes Scholar (recipient, 1940) Officer of the Order of the British Empire (recipient, 1944) Member of the Order of Australia (recipient, 1983)
Legacies*	B. H. Travers Shield (Cranbrook) (eponym)
Key Organisations*	Headmasters Conference of Australia (chairman, 1971-1973) Australian Dictionary of Biography (ANU) (author, 1980-1982)
Workplaces*	Cranbrook School (Sydney) (schoolteacher, 1950-1952) Launceston Church Grammar School (Tas) (headmaster, 1953-1958) Sydney Church of England Grammar School (headmaster, 1959-1984)

* Dates are approximate