Leah ROSENTHAL ARRC

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ROSENTHAL, Leah

Service Number:	N/A
Enlisted:	18 December 1915
Last Rank:	Sister
Last Unit:	Unspecified British Units
Born:	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1879
Home Town:	Not yet discovered
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Nurse
Died:	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 4 October 1930, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Brighton General Cemetery, Victoria Jewish H 87
Memorials:

World War 1 Service

18 Dec 1915:	Embarked Staff Nurse, embarked on Karoota
18 Dec 1915:	Enlisted Sister, N/A, Unspecified British Units
Date unknown:	Honoured Royal Red Cross (2nd Class)

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Biography contributed by Robert Kearney

Parents: Joseph and Martha ROSENTHAL; Native of Melbourne, Victoria
Brother: Lieutenat Samuel ROSENTHAL; 58th Infantry Battalion - Killed in Action 25 September 1917

Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

LEAH ROSENTHAL, SISTER, QAIMNSR, MM, ARRC
23 APR 1879 – 4 OCT 1930
1904 GRADUATED FROM THE ALFRED HOSPITAL
1910-1915 RAN WINDARRA PRIVATE HOSPITAL WITH BELLE
EMBARKED 18 DEC 1915 ON THE KAROOLA FOR ENGLAND
1916-1919 SERVED IN FRANCE
6 APR 1919 KING GEORGE V - ROYAL RED CROSS MEDAL
RETURNED TO AUSTRALIA 21 MAY 1919 ON THE ST ALBANS
AWARDED BRITISH WAR MEDAL, STAR & VICTORY MEDAL
MILITARY MEDAL & ROYAL RED CROSS (2ND CLASS) (ARRC)
1920-1930 VIMY HOUSE PRIVATE HOSPITAL WITH BELLE
1931 MISS BELLE JOBSON LIFELONG FRIEND OF LEAH WHO
INAUGURATED THE LEAH ROSENTHAL MEMORIAL PRIZE IN 1931
A DEDICATED NURSE

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