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Rose, Solomon (Sol) (1916 - 2002)

OAM

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Medical administrator

Born: 2 May 1916 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Died: 14 February 2002.

Solomon (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.

Career Highlights

Chronology
1940 - 1945 Resident Medical Officer with the 2-15^th Battalion in the Middle East and South West Pacific Area with the Australian Imperial Force
1953 - 1980s Worked for the Repatriation Department, later the Department of Veterans' Affairs
1963 - 1968 Senior Medical Officer (appeals) in the Central Office of the Repatriation Department
1968 - 1978 Deputy Director (medical services) of the Victorian Branch of the Repatriation Department
1970 - 1978 Federal Councillor and Vice-President of the Second Division Officers Association
1978 - 1981 Medical Superintendent at the Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital
1987 - 1997 President of the Victorian Association of Jewish Ex-Service Men and Women
2002 Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) received

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Prepared by: Ailie Smith
Created: 3 December 2003
Modified: 25 May 2006

Published by The University of Melbourne eScholarship Research Centre on ASAPWeb, 1994 - 2007
Originally published 1994-1999 by Australian Science Archives Project, 1999-2006 by the Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre
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