Bob Jervis
Robert (Bob) Vincent Jervis OAM was an Australian journalist and author from Adelaide, South Australia. Jervis was at one time a committee member and former Vice-President of South Australian Branch of Australian Journalists Association. Biography Born in Adelaide, educated at St. Peters College and coming from a well known South Australian journalistic family, Jervis began work at The Advertiser as a copy boy in 1941. After war service in the Royal Australian Navy from 1942 until 1944, he became a cadet journalist in the old "sink-or-swim" tradition. He developed into an uncommonly versatile newspaperman, having extensive experience as a reporter, feature writer, sports writer, columnist, chief State parliamentary gallery reporter and leader writer, and as a general and sporting sub-editor. In 1949 he represented The Sydney Morning Herald, The Argus and The Advertiser in Darwin, then a raffish outpost of empire, and, from 1953 to 1955, worked in the London bureau of The Herald in Melbourne. Between 1960 and 1966, he was part of Channel 7's commentary panel for Australian Rules Football television coverage and from 1966 to 1974, he was State press relations officer for five Royal visits to South Australia. In 1969 he established The Advertiser's cadet counselling