Object numberM2006/080
DescriptionNominal Roll of Officers, N.C.O.s (non commissioned officers) and Men Proceeding Abroad of the 1/15th Battalion. Co. London. Regiment. Hand written notes have been made indicating if individuals on the list who have been wounded or killed.
Abraham Rothfield was born in Gateshead, England and educated at the Durham University. At the outbreak of World War I, he was already serving in a territorial unit of the British Army, 15th (county London) Bn, the London Regiment (Prince of Wales, Civil Service Rifles). He was subsequently commissioned in the 14th Bn, Durham Light infantry and in the last stages of the war, transferred to the Royal Flying Corps. He was decorated twice, earning the Military Cross and later receiving a bar to it, the equivalent of a second military cross.
After the war he decided to migrate to Sydney and he was appointed to the NSW Board of Jewish Education in 1924. He was a fine teacher who gave of his best. He officially retired in 1957 but he continued to teach until 1963. He died in Sydney in 1968. At the time of his death the Australian Jewish Times editorialised that Rothfield was ‘a teacher of long standing, man, whose loving teaching gave the first instruction in Judaism to many of our present workers and communal leaders’. He also officiated in every synagogue in NSW, was a Scout master and an enthusiastic member of NAJEX.
Abraham Rothfield was born in Gateshead, England and educated at the Durham University. At the outbreak of World War I, he was already serving in a territorial unit of the British Army, 15th (county London) Bn, the London Regiment (Prince of Wales, Civil Service Rifles). He was subsequently commissioned in the 14th Bn, Durham Light infantry and in the last stages of the war, transferred to the Royal Flying Corps. He was decorated twice, earning the Military Cross and later receiving a bar to it, the equivalent of a second military cross.
After the war he decided to migrate to Sydney and he was appointed to the NSW Board of Jewish Education in 1924. He was a fine teacher who gave of his best. He officially retired in 1957 but he continued to teach until 1963. He died in Sydney in 1968. At the time of his death the Australian Jewish Times editorialised that Rothfield was ‘a teacher of long standing, man, whose loving teaching gave the first instruction in Judaism to many of our present workers and communal leaders’. He also officiated in every synagogue in NSW, was a Scout master and an enthusiastic member of NAJEX.
Production placeEngland
Production date circa 1914
SubjectNominal rolls, rolls of honour
Object namelists
Materialpaper
Dimensions
- height: 340.00 mm
width: 212.00 mm
Language
- English
Credit lineSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Abraham Rothfield