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==Brief History==
 
==Brief History==
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Formed at Melville Camp in July 1942 to centralize the treatment of venereal disease in Western Australia. In February 1944 with the decrease in trioops in WA, it was reduced to 100 bed capacity, and in March 1945 it was disbanded.
  
Located in Western Australia during 1944.
 
  
==Battle Honours==
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===Staff members===
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*[[Geoffrey Gordon Benson]] 30 May 1944 - 12 Mar 1945
  
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===Special Trainees===
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* [[Mervyn (Merv) James Rose]] 7 - 30 Jan 1944
  
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===Patients===
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* [[Vernon Agustus Longman]] 8 - 21 Dec 1942
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* [[Graeme Patrick Benson]] 6 - 15 Apr 1943
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* [[Keith Butcher]] 4 - 15 Jan 1944
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* [[John Rowland Griffiths]] 31 Jan - 18 Feb 1944
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* [[Charles Kenneth Neilson]] 29 Feb - 13 Apr 1944 & 17 Feb - 20 May 1944
  
==Individual Honours==
 
 
===Unit members===
 
*[[Geoffrey Gordon Benson]] 30 May 1944 - 12 Mar 1945
 
 
==Notes==
 
==Notes==
Content for the history and  honours sections has come from a combination of Wikipedia, '''The Unit Guide - The Australian Army 1939-45''', and the Australian War Memorial website.
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Content has come from ''The Unit Guide - Volume 4 - The Australian Army 1939-1945'', page 4.110  -  Graham R McKenzie-Smith - Big Sky Publishing - 2018
 
 
 
 
 
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Latest revision as of 17:45, 12 March 2023

122nd Australian Special Hospital.jpg
Colour Patch for 122nd Aust Special Hospital


Brief History

Formed at Melville Camp in July 1942 to centralize the treatment of venereal disease in Western Australia. In February 1944 with the decrease in trioops in WA, it was reduced to 100 bed capacity, and in March 1945 it was disbanded.


Staff members

Special Trainees

Patients

Notes

Content has come from The Unit Guide - Volume 4 - The Australian Army 1939-1945, page 4.110 - Graham R McKenzie-Smith - Big Sky Publishing - 2018


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