Dear Colleagues,
Ingrid Moses messaged last night that John had died, after a long illness, although he was still quite sharp still in the last weeks and we had been messaging often. He was 91.
Quite upsetting for me as he was a constant support both academically and personally as I’ve known the family since high school days when Ingrid tutored me in German. While he could be acerbic at times and didn’t tolerate fools easily, he was unrelenting in the support of friends and the search for historical truth.
Regards, Peter.
Dr Peter Overlack, Naval and German-Australian early 20th Century Historian.
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Dear Colleagues, Peter and I were among John Moses’ keenest students. Peter having a special doctoral and post-doctoral scholar relationship. I engaged with John as a student and fellow scholar who engaged in his extraordinary knowledge beyond German history and Australian historiography, to fields of theology and the knowledge of religious affairs.
He will be deeply missed by the Australian intellectual communities.
Neville Buch
Historian,
Professional Historians Australia (Queensland)
Australian and New Zealand History of Education Society (ANZHES)
Convenor, Sociology of Education Thematic Group, The Australian Sociological Association (TASA).
President, Southern Brisbane Suburban Forum (SBSF).
Director, Brisbane Southside History Network (BSHN).
MPHA (Qld), Ph.D. (History) UQ., Grad. Dip. Arts (Philosophy) Melb., Grad. Dip. (Education) UQ.
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Neville Buch
Professional Historian at Professional Historians Association (Queensland) Inc.
Neville Buch (Pronounced Book) Ph.D. is a certified member of the Professional Historians Association (Queensland). Since 2010 he has operated a sole trade business in history consultancy. He was a Q ANZAC 100 Fellow 2014-2015 at the State Library of Queensland. Dr Buch was the PHA (Qld) e-Bulletin, the monthly state association’s electronic publication, and was a member of its Management Committee. He is the Managing Director of the Brisbane Southside History Network.
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