14th Australian General Hospital

Main Courtyard receiving patients
14th General Hospital Colour Patch
History
Name	14th Australian General Hospital
Where formed	Melbourne
Date formed	1916
Locations	Abbassia, Cairo, Egypt Port Said, Egypt

General Information

The original staff departed Melbourne on 19 Aug 1916 for Egypt. They occupied Egyptian Army barracks at Abbassia on the outskirts of Cairo from August 1915 until 1919.

In addition to war casualties the hospital also treated men with a range of illnesses and diseases including malaria, dysentery and pneumonia during the campaigns in the Sinai and Palestine.

Staff

Five members of staff died while overseas, 3 of illness, 1 drowned, and 1 is listed as KIA 17 Mar 1919?

Individual Honours

• 1 Officer of the Order of the British Empire
• 2 Meritorious Service Medals
• 7 Mentioned in Despatches

Soldier Patients by date admitted

1917

• William (George) Lyster 24 Mar - 26 Apr 1917
• Herbert Sherwood Marsh 10 Apr - 22 Aug 1917
• William John Martin (1278) 30 Apr - 11 May 1917
• Victor Henry Jones 23 - 29 Apr 1917
• Archibald Roland Bunney 1 Jun - 2 Jul 1917
• Walter Cattach 1 Sep 1917

1918

• John Henry Hart 14 - 21 Jan 1918
• George Ezra Bunney 12 Feb - 12 Mar 1918
• Frederick Charles Close 7 Jun - 30 Aug 1918
• William John Martin (1278) 25 Jun - 27 Jul 1918
• Clarence Roy Champion 30 Aug - 28 Sep 1918

1919

• John George (Jack) Keenan 26 Jan - 22 Mar 1919
• William Plant 1 - 4 Mar 1919
• Albert Edgar Chuck 8 Mar - 18 Apr 1919

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  Ward 2B
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  Ward staff with patients
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  Port Said Annex of 14th AGH. Hospital boat tied up in front