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.

Details

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

Ailie Smith

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