Major General Charles Rosenthal

Ranks Held Brigadier General, Colonel, Lieutenant Colonel, Major, Major General, Temporary Brigadier General
Birth Date 1875-02-12
Birth Place Australia: New South Wales, Berrima
Death Date 1954-05-11
Death Place Australia: New South Wales, Sydney
Final Rank Major General
Service Australian Imperial Force
Units
  • 1st Australian Divisional Artillery
  • 1st Australian Divisional Artillery
  • 1st Australian Divisional Artillery
  • 1st Australian Divisional Artillery
  • 1st Australian Divisional Artillery
  • 1st Australian Divisional Artillery
  • 1st Australian Divisional Artillery
Places
Conflict/Operation First World War, 1914-1918
Gazettes Biographical information The Oxford companion to Australian military history in 1995
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1918-11-07
Published in London Gazette in 1917-06-01
Published in London Gazette in 1918-07-12
Published in London Gazette in 1919-01-29
Published in London Gazette in 1919-01-01
Published in London Gazette in 1919-07-11
Published in London Gazette in 1918-05-28
Published in London Gazette in 1917-12-28
Published in London Gazette in 1919-06-03
Published in London Gazette in 1918-12-31
Published in London Gazette in 1917-01-04
Published in London Gazette in 1917-06-04
Published in London Gazette in 1915-11-05
Published in London Gazette in 1919-07-21
Published in London Gazette in 1915-11-08
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1919-10-17
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1918-10-24
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1916-01-27
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1916-01-27
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1917-06-29
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1919-10-30
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1918-04-18
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1919-05-23
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1919-05-23
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1919-05-23
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1918-11-27
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1917-10-04
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1917-10-04

Collection items

    Media


    Group portrait of members of the visiting French Squadron with senior officers at Victoria ...

    General Rosenthal (left) and Colonel Heritage (centre foreground) at the discussion of a practice ...

    Document


    Papers relating to Joseph John Talbot Hobbs, 1915

    Artillery reports and notes by Joseph John Talbot Hobbs, 1915

Rolls

  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    Artillery
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Lieutenant Colonel

  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    General List
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Temporary Brigadier General
    London Gazette
    01 June 1917 on page 5420 at position 23
    Commonwealth Gazette
    04 October 1917 on page 2622 at position 65

  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    General List
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Temporary Brigadier General
    London Gazette
    04 January 1917 on page 253 at position 29
    Commonwealth Gazette
    29 June 1917 on page 1391 at position 45

  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    2nd Australian Division
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Major General

  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    General List
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Lieutenant Colonel
    London Gazette
    05 November 1915 on page 11001 at position 19
    Commonwealth Gazette
    27 January 1916 on page 156 at position 10

  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    3rd Australian Field Artillery Brigade
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Lieutenant Colonel

  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    3rd Australian Field Artillery Brigade
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Lieutenant Colonel

  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    3rd Australian Field Artillery Brigade
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Lieutenant Colonel

  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    2nd Australian Division
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Temporary Brigadier General
    London Gazette
    12 July 1918 on page 8189 at position 18
    Commonwealth Gazette
    27 November 1918 on page 2262 at position 8

  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    General List
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Temporary Brigadier General
    London Gazette
    03 June 1919 on page 6461 at position 42
    Commonwealth Gazette
    07 November 1918 on page 2111 at position 2

  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    Artillery
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Brigadier General

  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    Artillery
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Major

  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    Artillery
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Temporary Brigadier General
    London Gazette
    28 December 1917 on page 13564 at position 35
    Commonwealth Gazette
    18 April 1918 on page 842 at position 26

  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    3rd Australian Field Artillery Brigade
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Lieutenant Colonel

  • First World War Embarkation Roll:

    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Lieutenant Colonel

  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    General List
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Major General
    London Gazette
    31 December 1918 on page 15225 at position 80
    Commonwealth Gazette
    23 May 1919 on page 878 at position 36

  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    Divisional Artillery
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Lieutenant Colonel

  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    General List
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Major General
    London Gazette
    11 July 1919 on page 8827 at position 21
    Commonwealth Gazette
    30 October 1919 on page 1656 at position 24

  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    General List
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Temporary Brigadier General
    London Gazette
    04 June 1917 on page 5459 at position 1
    Commonwealth Gazette
    04 October 1917 on page 2626 at position 5

  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    General List
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Major General
    London Gazette
    01 January 1919 on page 1 at position 1
    Commonwealth Gazette
    23 May 1919 on page 887 at position 2

  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    Artillery
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Colonel

  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    2nd Australian Division
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Colonel

  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    3rd Australian Field Artillery Brigade
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Lieutenant Colonel

  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    2nd Australian Division
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Colonel

  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    Artillery
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Temporary Brigadier General
    London Gazette
    28 May 1918 on page 6200 at position 49
    Commonwealth Gazette
    24 October 1918 on page 2055 at position 65

  • First World War Nominal Roll:

    Unit
    1st Australian Divisional Artillery
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Major General

  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    General List
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Major General
    London Gazette
    21 July 1919 on page 9221 at position 1
    Commonwealth Gazette
    17 October 1919 on page 1532 at position 18

  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    Artillery
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Lieutenant Colonel

  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    Divisional Artillery
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Lieutenant Colonel

  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    Headquarters 9th Brigade
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Colonel

  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    Artillery
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Lieutenant Colonel

  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    Artillery
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Colonel

  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    3rd Australian Field Artillery Brigade
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Lieutenant Colonel
    London Gazette
    08 November 1915 on page 11025 at position 5
    Commonwealth Gazette
    27 January 1916 on page 157 at position 30

  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918

  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    Artillery
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Brigadier General

  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    2nd Australian Division
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Major General
    London Gazette
    29 January 1919 on page 1445 at position 4
    Commonwealth Gazette
    23 May 1919 on page 899 at position 62

Timeline

Date of birth 12 February 1875
Date of birth 12 February 1875
Date of enlistment 18 August 1914
Date of embarkation 25 September 1914
Date of recommendation honour or award 06 February 1917
Date of recommendation honour or award 1917-03
Date of recommendation honour or award 04 March 1918
Date of recommendation honour or award 21 September 1918
Date of recommendation honour or award 27 September 1918
Date returned to Australia 05 December 1919
Date of death 11 May 1954
Date of death 11 May 1954

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