List of Australian Army medical units in World War I
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The following is a list of Australian Army medical units in World War I.
Field Ambulance
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- 1st Australian Field Ambulance (New South Wales)
- 2nd Australian Field Ambulance (Victoria)
- 3rd Australian Field Ambulance
- 5th Australian Field Ambulance (New South Wales)
- 6th Australian Field Ambulance (Victoria)
- 7th Australian Field Ambulance
- 9th Australian Field Ambulance (New South Wales)
- 10th Australian Field Ambulance (Victoria)
- 11th Australian Field Ambulance (South Australia)
- 8th Australian Field Ambulance (NSW)
- 14th Australian Field Ambulance
- 15th Australian Field Ambulance
6th Division
[edit](Only partially formed, and was disbanded prior to completion of assembly.)
- 1st Australian Light Horse Field Ambulance
- 2nd Australian Light Horse Field Ambulance
- 3rd Australian Light Horse Field Ambulance (to 1916)
- 3rd Australian Light Horse Field Ambulance (from 1917)
- 4th Australian Light Horse Field Ambulance
- 5th Australian Light Horse Field Ambulance
Camel Field Ambulance
[edit]Casualty Clearing Station
[edit]- 1st Australian Casualty Clearing Station
- 2nd Australian Casualty Clearing Station
- 3rd Australian Casualty Clearing Station
Stationary Hospital
[edit]- 1st Australian Stationary Hospital (South Australia)
- 2nd Australian Stationary Hospital (Western Australia)
Infectious Diseases Hospital
[edit]- 1st Dermatological Hospital
- 2nd Infectious Diseases Hospital
- 3rd Infectious Diseases Hospital
- 4th Infectious Diseases Hospital (Queensland)
- 5th Infectious Diseases Hospital (Victoria)
- 6th Infectious Diseases Hospital (South Australia)
Australian Flying Corps Hospital
[edit]Australian General Hospital
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 1st Australian Auxiliary Hospital (1)
- 1st Australian Auxiliary Hospital (2)
- 2nd Australian Auxiliary Hospital (1)
- 2nd Australian Auxiliary Hospital (2)
- 3rd Australian Auxiliary Hospital (1)
- 3rd Australian Auxiliary Hospital (2)
- 4th Australian Auxiliary Hospital (1)
- 4th Australian Auxiliary Hospital (2)
- 5th Australian Auxiliary Hospital
- 6th Australian Auxiliary Hospital
- 7th Australian Auxiliary Hospital (Queensland)
- 8th Australian Auxiliary Hospital (Queensland)
- 9th Australian Auxiliary Hospital (Queensland)
- 10th Australian Auxiliary Hospital (Queensland)
- 11th Australian Auxiliary Hospital (1) (New South Wales)
- 11th Australian Auxiliary Hospital (2) (New South Wales)
- 12th Australian Auxiliary Hospital (New South Wales)
- 13th Australian Auxiliary Hospital (New South Wales)
- 14th Australian Auxiliary Hospital (New South Wales)
- 15th Australian Auxiliary Hospital (Victoria)
- 16th Australian Auxiliary Hospital (Victoria)
- 17th Australian Auxiliary Hospital (South Australia)
- 18th Australian Auxiliary Hospital (South Australia)
- 19th Australian Auxiliary Hospital (Western Australia)
- 20th Australian Auxiliary Hospital (Western Australia)
- 21st Australian Auxiliary Hospital (1) (Western Australia)
- 21st Australian Auxiliary Hospital (2) (New South Wales)
- 22nd Australian Auxiliary Hospital (Western Australia)
- 23rd Australian Auxiliary Hospital (Tasmania)
- 24th Australian Auxiliary Hospital (Western Australia)
- 25th Australian Auxiliary Hospital (Tasmania)
- 26th Australian Auxiliary Hospital (Western Australia)
- 27th Australian Auxiliary Hospital (Queensland)
- 28th Australian Auxiliary Hospital (New South Wales)
Sanitary Sections
[edit]- 1st Australian Sanitary Company
- 1st Australian Sanitary Section [Second Division]
- 2nd Australian Sanitary Section [First Division]
- 3rd Australian Sanitary Section (Queensland) [Third Division]
- 4th Australian Sanitary Section [Fourth Division]
- 5th Australian Sanitary Section [Fifth Division]
- 6th Australian Sanitary Section – Tell El Kebir Australian Imperial Force Training Base at the Suez Canal in Egypt, later moved to England with the Australian Imperial Force Training Centre[4]
- 7th Australian Sanitary Section [Anzac Mounted Division]
- 8th Australian Sanitary Section [Australian Mounted Division]
- 9th Australian Sanitary Section [Sixth Division]
Special Medical Units
[edit]Convalescent and Command Depots
[edit]Convalescent Depot
[edit]- 1st Australian Convalescent Depot (1)
- 1st Australian Convalescent Depot (2)
- 2nd Australian Convalescent Depot
- 3rd Australian Convalescent Depot
- 4th Australian Convalescent Depot
- 5th Australian Convalescent Depot
- 6th Australian Convalescent Depot (Victoria)
- 7th Australian Convalescent Depot (Victoria)
- 8th Australian Convalescent Depot (Victoria)
Command Depot
[edit]- 1st Australian Command Depot
- 2nd Australian Command Depot
- 3rd Australian Command Depot
- 4th Australian Command Depot
Hospital Ships
[edit]- 1st Hospital Ship A63 HMAHS Karoola
- 2nd Hospital Ship A61 HMAHS Kanowna
- Hospital Ship A55 HMAT Kyarra – later converted to a troop transport
Temporary Hospital Ships
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "No. 1 Australian General Hospital". Through These Lines. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
- ^ Weatherburn, Hilary, "Irene Victoria Read (1880–1972)", Australian Dictionary of Biography, Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, retrieved 5 March 2024
- ^ "Through These Lines: No. 3 Australian General Hospital". throughtheselines.com.au. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
- ^ "Australian Commonwealth Military Forces: Medical". Australian Defence Force Academy. Retrieved 2 May 2019.