List of Australian Army medical units in World War I

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Australian Field Dressing Station during the Battle of Messines, 7 June 1917

The following is a list of Australian Army medical units in World War I.

Field Ambulance

Australian Imperial Force field ambulance personnel

1st Division (Australia)

2nd Division (Australia)

3rd Division (Australia)

4th Division (Australia)

5th Division (Australia)

6th Division

(Only partially formed, and was disbanded prior to completion of assembly.)

Light Horse Field Ambulance

ANZAC Mounted Division

Australian Mounted Division

Camel Field Ambulance

Casualty Clearing Station

Stationary Hospital

Infectious Diseases Hospital

Australian Flying Corps Hospital

Australian General Hospital

  • 1st Australian General Hospital (Queensland) – Heliopolis, Egypt January 1915 to March 1916; Rouen, France to 1918; then Sutton Veny, England[1]
  • 2nd Australian General Hospital (New South Wales) was in Cairo in 1915.[2]
  • 3rd Australian General Hospital (New South Wales) - Mudros, Greece July 1915 to January 1916; Abbassia, Egypt to October 1916; Abbeville, France from May 1917 until end of war[3]
  • 4th Australian General Hospital (New South Wales)
  • 5th Australian General Hospital (Victoria)
  • 6th Australian General Hospital (Queensland)
  • 7th Australian General Hospital (South Australia)
  • 8th Australian General Hospital (Western Australia)
  • 9th Australian General Hospital (Tasmania)
  • 10th Australian General Hospital
  • 11th Australian General Hospital (Victoria)
  • 12th Australian General Hospital (Tasmania)
  • 13th Australian General Hospital (Queensland)
  • 14th Australian General Hospital
  • 15th Australian General Hospital (South Australia)
  • 16th Australian General Hospital (Victoria)
  • 17th Australian General Hospital (Queensland)

Australian Auxiliary Hospitals

Sanitary Sections

Special Medical Units

Convalescent and Command Depots

Convalescent Depot

Command Depot

Hospital Ships

Temporary Hospital Ships

See also

References

  1. ^ "No. 1 Australian General Hospital". Through These Lines. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  2. ^ Weatherburn, Hilary, "Irene Victoria Read (1880–1972)", Australian Dictionary of Biography, Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, retrieved 5 March 2024
  3. ^ "Through These Lines: No. 3 Australian General Hospital". throughtheselines.com.au. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
  4. ^ "Australian Commonwealth Military Forces: Medical". Australian Defence Force Academy. Retrieved 2 May 2019.