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Freedman, David Isaac (1874–1939)

	Freedman, David Isaac (1874–1939)
Born	17 April, 1874 Budapest , Hungary
Died	24 June, 1939 (aged 65) Western Australia , Australia
Cause of Death	heart disease
Cultural Heritage	English Hungarian
Religious Influence	Jewish
Passenger Ship*	Ophir (1897)
Occupation*	Jewish community leader (1897-1939) Western Australia, Australia Rabbi (1897-1939) Western Australia, Australia school principal (1899-1915) Western Australia, Australia magazine/journal editor (1904-1915) Western Australia, Australia army chaplain (1915-1918) Federal, Australia ex-service leader (1918-1939) Western Australia, Australia Zionist (1918-1939) Western Australia, Australia
Military Service*	World War I (army chaplain) Dardanelles campaign, 1915-16 (army chaplain)
Awards	Officer of the Order of the British Empire (recipient, 1936)
Legacies*	Freedman Ave (Mt Lawley, Perth) Rabbi Freedman Memorial Trophy
Key Organisations*	Australian Jewish Welfare Society (WA) (committee member) Jewish Returned Soldiers' Circle (WA) (committee member) Perth Repertory Club (president) Prison Gate Committee (WA) (committee member) Returned and Services League of Australia (WA) (committe member, ?-1939) Soldiers' Children Scholarship Trust (WA) (committee member) Victoria League (WA) (committee member) Freemasons (member, 1897) Perth Hebrew Philanthropic Society (founder, 1898) West Australian Institute And Industrial School for the Blind (committee member, 1898-1939) Children's Protection Society (Perth) (president, 1908-1939) Western Australian Zionist Association (president, 1920) University of Western Australia (admin) (senate member, 1932-1938)
Workplaces*	Perth Hebrew School (headmaster, 1899) West Australian Craftsman (magazine) (editor, 1904)

* Dates are approximate