Reuben Laman Rosenfield

Alias 1933 changed name to Rosefield
Born 30.10.1872
Place Raseiniai, Lithuania
Ethnic origin Jewish
Religion Jewish
Father Nathan (Nekemia Haim Leibov) Rosenfield
Mother Malke (neé Friedman)* or Getz
Family

Wife Harriett Rosenfield (nee Witkowski), married in 1899 in Melbourne; sons Albert Lister Rosefield b. 1901 and Clifford Leslie Rosefield b. 1903
Residence before arrival at Australia Before early 1880s his family moved to Simferopol in the Crimea
Arrived at Australia from Port Said, Egypt
on 4.07.1888
per Habsburg
disembarked at Melbourne
Residence before enlistment Melbourne, White Cliffs, NSW, Melbourne
Occupation Educated at the University of Melbourne: 1893-1897 medical student; 1917 medical practitioner (eye and ear specialist)
Naturalisation 1897
Residence after the war Melbourne
Died 6.02.1958 in Melbourne*

Service #1

Service number Major
Enlisted 27.07.1915
Place of enlistment [Melbourne]
Unit Australian Medical Corps, 1st Australian General Hospital, 2nd Australian Stationary Hospital
Rank Captain, Major
Place Egypt, 1916
Final fate RTA 19.01.1917
Discharged appointment terminated 8.03.1917

Service #2

Service number Major
Enlisted reappointed 1.08.1917 (22.10.1917 in Nominal Roll)
Place of enlistment [Melbourne]
Unit Australian Medical Corps
Rank Major
Place England, 1917-1918
Final fate RTA 18.12.1918
Discharged 20.02.1919

Materials

Blog articles

Russian Anzacs blog (Russian)

Russian Anzacs blog (English)

Early Lithuanians in Australia

Newspaper articles

Dr. Reuben Rosenfield. - Jewish Herald, Vic., 24 December 1897, p. 16.

Life's tragic side. - Weekly Times, Melbourne, 26 December 1908, p. 31.

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