Sir James William Barrett, KBE, CB, CMG (27 February 1862[1] – 6 April 1945) was an Australian ophthalmologist and academic administrator.

[2] During World War I he organised a successful open-air hospital in the grounds of Luna Park, Cairo, for military casualties from the Gallipoli landings.

[6] He was a notable supporter of Jewish refugee migration to Australia by persons fleeing Nazism.

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