Ted Best
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Edward "Ted" Wallace Best (1916 – 1992) was an Australia
n athlete who competed in the 3rd British Empire Games (forerunner of the modern Commonwealth Games) held in Sydney in February 1938.
At the 1938 Empire Games he won the bronze medal in the men's 100 yards event as well as in the 220 yards competition. He was also a member of the Australian relay team (along with Alf Watson, Teddy Hampson and Howard Yates) which won the bronze medal in the 4×110 yards contest.
Enlisting in the 2/22nd Battalion, Best was captured in New Britain (an island of New Guinea) by the Japanese in 1942. Photos held at the Australian War Memorial show him with other Allied POWs at Zentsuji Camp at Shikoku, Osaka.
Educated at Wesley College, Melbourne, he was a nephew of politician Sir Robert Best
. Ted Best went on to become Lord Mayor of Melbourne, 1969-71.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n athlete who competed in the 3rd British Empire Games (forerunner of the modern Commonwealth Games) held in Sydney in February 1938.
At the 1938 Empire Games he won the bronze medal in the men's 100 yards event as well as in the 220 yards competition. He was also a member of the Australian relay team (along with Alf Watson, Teddy Hampson and Howard Yates) which won the bronze medal in the 4×110 yards contest.
Enlisting in the 2/22nd Battalion, Best was captured in New Britain (an island of New Guinea) by the Japanese in 1942. Photos held at the Australian War Memorial show him with other Allied POWs at Zentsuji Camp at Shikoku, Osaka.
Educated at Wesley College, Melbourne, he was a nephew of politician Sir Robert Best
Robert Best
Robert Best may refer to:* Robert Henry Best, convicted of treason in 1948* Robert Best , Australian federal politician* Robert Best, doll designer for Mattel who appeared on U.S. TV series Project Runway...
. Ted Best went on to become Lord Mayor of Melbourne, 1969-71.