118th Australian General Hospital

New Nurses quarters in Rabaul AWM 098417
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History
Name	118th Australian General Hospital
Where formed	Northam
Date formed	1941
Capacity	1,000 beds
Locations	Northam and in late 1945 Rabaul, New Britain.

General Information

Formed at Northam in July 1941, it was located in the town rather than at the Army camp. It was expanded to 800 beds in January 1942. With the decrease in troop numbers in Western Australia once the threat of invasion had passed, the unit left for NSW in March 1945. Here they assisted the 101st Australian General Hospital at Herne Bay (Riverwood NSW).

The 118th Australian General Hospital was redeployed to New Guinea, going first to Wewak, and then to Jacquinot Bay on New Britain. Withthe surrender of Japanese forces, the hospital moved to Rabual in September 1945.

Staff

• Alfred Henry Martin 25 Feb 1943 - 10 Apr 1944
• Alan Gordon Buckingham 1945 on
• Mary Rose Foxlow Watkins

Patients

Northam

• Joseph Reginald Layton 12 - 19 Nov 1941
• Stephen Charles Southern 11 - 19 Jan 1942
• Frederick Arthur Nicholls 7 - 8 Apr 1942
• Arthur (George) Candish 4 Jun - 6 Jul 1942
• Claude Raymond Anderson 19 Oct 1942 - 3 Jun 1943
• Victor Henry Mead 18 Dec 1942 to 21 Jan 1943
• Douglas John Elliott 26 Nov - 8 Dec 1943
• Leslie George Harden 21 - 28 Jan 1944
• Keith Butcher 21 Mar - 29 Apr 1944
• George Gould Elworthy 24 Mar - 8 Jun 1944
• Ralph Godfrey 7 - 28 Apr 1944
• Bertie Alfred Holmes 29 Apr - 24 Jul 1944
• Joseph Slavko Marian 16 Jun - 16 Aug 1944
• George Gould Elworthy 6 - 10 Jul 1944