For the Quaker industrialist and philanthropist, see John Sinton.
John Alexander Sinton
Portrait. Credit: Wellcome Collection
Born
(1884-12-02)2 December 1884 Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Died
25 March 1956(1956-03-25) (aged 71) Cookstown, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland
Buried
Claggan Presbyterian Cemetery, Cookstown
Allegiance
United Kingdom
Service/branch
British Indian Army
Years of service
1911–1921 1939–1943
Rank
Brigadier
Unit
Indian Medical Service
Battles/wars
First World War Second World War
Awards
Victoria Cross Officer of the Order of the British Empire Mentioned in dispatches (6) Order of St. George, 4th Class (Russia) Fellow of the Royal Society[1] Manson Medal
Relations
Thomas Sinton (uncle) James Pringle (cousin) Ernest Walton (cousin)
Other work
Malariologist
Brigadier John Alexander Sinton, VC, OBE, FRS, DL[1] (2 December 1884 – 25 March 1956) was a British medical doctor, malariologist, soldier, and a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
^ abChristophers, R. (1956). "John Alexander Sinton 1884-1956". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 2: 268–290. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1956.0019. JSTOR 769490.
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