Biographical entry Rose, Solomon (Sol) (1916 - 2002)

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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Events

1940 - 1945

Career position - Resident Medical Officer with the 2-15th Battalion in the Middle East and South West Pacific Area with the Australian Imperial Force

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 of the Victorian Association of Jewish Ex-Service Men and Women

2002

Award - Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) received

Published resources

Newspaper Articles

• Oberman. Sonya, 'Obituary: Dr Sol Rose, OAM, a community spirit', The Age, 28 March 2002. Details

Online Resources

• National Library of Australia, 'Rose Solomon', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1476381. Details