SCHWARTZ, Zelman
| Service Number: | VX14799 |
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| Enlisted: | 11 May 1940, Caulfield, Vic. |
| Last Rank: | Major |
| Last Unit: | Miscellaneous Hospitals |
| Born: | Dubrobna, Russia, 4 January 1898 |
| Home Town: | Malvern, Stonnington, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Wesley College, Melbourne University |
| Occupation: | Opthalmic Surgeon |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Egypt, 10 April 1941, aged 43 years |
| Cemetery: |
Tobruk War Cemetery, Tobruk, Libya 3 G |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Victorian Jewish War Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Major, VX14799 | |
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| 11 May 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Major, VX14799, General Hospitals - WW2, Caulfield, Vic. | |
| 10 Apr 1941: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Major, VX14799, Miscellaneous Hospitals |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Samuel and Esther Schwartz; husband of Leonie Schwartz, of South Yarra, Victoria, Australia. D.O.M.S. (London), F.R.G.S. (Edin.).
EYE SURGEON KILLED
Major Zelman Schwartz, a former leading Collins st. ophthalmic surgeon, who has been attached to an Australian general hospital as eye specialist, has been reported killed in action abroad. Educated at Wesley College and the University, Major Schwartz graduated M.B., B.S., in 1920. A few years later he did post-graduate work abroad, gaining the F.R.C.S. (Edinburgh), and followed this with experience in India. He was honorary ophthalmic surgeon at Royal Melbourne Hospital. He has left a widow and two daughters.
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