Person
Rose, Solomon (Sol) (1916 - 2002)
OAM
- Born
- 2 May 1916
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - Died
- 14 February 2002
- Occupation
- Medical administrator
Summary
Sol Rose was mentioned in dispatches while serving as a medical officer in the Australian Imperial Forces. He was invalided home and later declared totally and permanently incapacitated. As he regained health Rose began work with the Repatriation Department He continued to work for the Department for over thirty years, becoming medical superintendent of the Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital in 1978.
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Chronology
- 1935 - 1939
- Military service - Voluntary Rifles
- 1940 - 1945
- Military service - Second World War. Captain, Resident Medical Officer, 2/15 Australian Infantry Battalion, Australian Imperial Force, in the Middle East and South West Pacific Area
- 1953 - 1980s
- Career position - Worked for the Repatriation Department, later the Department of Veterans' Affairs
- 1963 - 1968
- Career position - Senior Medical Officer (appeals) in the Central Office of the Repatriation Department
- 1968 - 1978
- Career position - Deputy Director (medical services) of the Victorian Branch of the Repatriation Department
- 1970 - 1978
- Career position - Federal Councillor and Vice-President of the Second Division Officers Association
- 1978 - 1981
- Career position - Medical Superintendent at the Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital
- 1987 - 1997
- Career position - President, Victorian Association of Jewish Ex-Service Men and Women
- 2002
- Award - Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) - for service to veterans and their families through the Victorian Association for Jewish Ex-Servicemen and Women and as Director of the Sir Edward Dunlop Medical Research Foundation
Published resources
Newspaper Articles
- Oberman, Sonya, 'Obituary: Dr Sol Rose, OAM, a community spirit', The Age (2002). Details
Resources
- 'Rose, Solomon (19160502-20020214)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1476381. Details
Ailie Smith
Created: 3 December 2003, Last modified: 1 August 2007