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==General Information== | ==General Information== | ||
| − | + | The Catholic girls boarding school, Loreto College, was opened in January 1928, and a new school building was erected in 1931. In 1942 the Australian Army commandeered Loreto Convent as the 101st Australian Convalescent Hospital and the Loreto sisters, with their students, were temporarily evacuated to Glen Innes until the end of the war. The 101st was associated with the 10th Australian Camp Hospital located nearby.<ref>Queensland WWII Historic Places https://www.ww2places.qld.gov.au/place?id=574 accessed 30 Jun 2020</ref> | |
==Staff== | ==Staff== | ||
Revision as of 03:46, 30 June 2020
 AWM photo PO2522.021 Loretta Convent Building used as 101st Convalescent Depot | |
| History | |
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| Name | 101st Convalescent Depot |
| Where formed | Cooraparoo, Brisbane |
| Date formed | 1942 |
| Capacity | 300 |
| Locations | Cavendish road, Coorparoo |
General Information
The Catholic girls boarding school, Loreto College, was opened in January 1928, and a new school building was erected in 1931. In 1942 the Australian Army commandeered Loreto Convent as the 101st Australian Convalescent Hospital and the Loreto sisters, with their students, were temporarily evacuated to Glen Innes until the end of the war. The 101st was associated with the 10th Australian Camp Hospital located nearby.[1]
Staff
Patients
- Macalister Adair Blain 15 Dec 1945 - 22 Jan 1946
- ↑ Queensland WWII Historic Places https://www.ww2places.qld.gov.au/place?id=574 accessed 30 Jun 2020