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==General Information==
 
==General Information==
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Early records indicate some of the unit was raised in Hobart in late 1940, and other elements in Victoria. The unit arrived in the Middle East in April 1941 at a tiem when evacuees were arriving from Greece. Their initial operating location was Alexandria, where they also received casualties from Tobruk. In November 1941 they relocated to Beit Jirja in Palestine. With Japan's entry into the war they left for Adelaide in Australia during February 1942. The relocated to Warwick in Queensland in June and then to Chermside in May 1943 to prepare for their move to New Guinea.
  
==Staff==
 
  
==Patients==
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The hospital embarked in Brisbane for Port Moresby, disembarking four days later. In July 1943 Buna was being prepared as a base for the attack on Lae, and the hospital moved to Dobodura. They remained there in support of the Lae, Markham Valley and Finschhafen campaigns. At Buna (Dobodura) they had established a fully equipped 600 bed hospital. In July 1944 the hospital relocated to Madang, and in November 1944 it moved again, to Aitape where they remained until the end of the war.
  
===El Amiriya, Egypt===
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Two members of the unit died during their time with the unit, both to illness, one in Victoria and one in New Guinea.
*[[Joseph James Burrows]] 24 Sep - 20 Oct 1941
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===Staff===
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===Patients===
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'''El Amiriya, Egypt'''
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* † [[John Hector Russell MacDonald]] 17 - 22 Aug 1941
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* [[Charles Henry Walter Hansen]] 9 - 19 Sep 1941
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* [[Joseph James Burrows]] 24 Sep - 20 Oct 1941
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* [[William Boyd Griffiths]] 27 Sep - 25 Oct 1941
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'''Warwick, Queensland'''
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* [[Robert Ralph Thompson]] 25 Jul - 4 Aug 1942
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* [[John Patrick Whitaker]] 10 - 30 Dec 1942
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* [[Francis Malarkey]] 23 Dec 1942 - 14 Jan 1943
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'''Dobodura, PNew Guinea'''
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* [[Douglas John Elliott]] 4 - 14 Sep 1943
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* [[Edward Ernest Wilson]] 20 - 22 Oct 1943
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* [[Mervyn Roy Drummond]] 28 Nov - 8 Dec 1943
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* [[John Blair]] 8 - 17 Mar 1944
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'''Aitape, New Guinea'''
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* [[Thomas Malarkey]] 25 Jan - 8 Feb 1945
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* [[Walter Roland Williams]] 27 Jan - 25 Mar 1945
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* [[Walter Leonard Axford]] 4 Feb - 29 Mar 1945
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* [[Arthur Gordon Hubbard]] 5 Feb - 8 Mar 1945
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* [[Edmond Hepple Brown MID]] 9 Mar - 1 Apr 1945
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* [[Francis (George) Hicks MM]] 14 - 22 Mar 1945
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* [[Alan Kirwan Donaldson]] 27 Mar - 10 Apr 1945
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* [[William George Davis]] 16 Apr 1945 16 - 26 Apr 1945  &  23 Jun - 3 Jul 1945
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* [[Edmond Hepple Brown MID]] 5 - 8 May 1945
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* [[Arthur McVeigh]] 11 - 31 Jul 1945
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* [[John Henry Adams]] 6 - 16 Aug 1945
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===Individual Honours===
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* 23 x Mentioned in Despatches
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* 1 x Royal Red Cross (1st Class)
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===Notes===
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Content has come from ''The Unit Guide - Volume 4 - The Australian Army 1939-1945'', page 4.119 -  Graham R McKenzie-Smith - Big Sky Publishing - 2018
  
===Papua===
 
*[[Douglas John Elliott]] 4 - 14 Sep 1943
 
  
===Aitape New Guinea===
 
*[[Walter Leonard Axford]] 4 Feb - 29 Mar 1945
 
 
[[Category:Hospitals]]
 
[[Category:Hospitals]]
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[[Category:2nd AIF Units]]

Latest revision as of 14:39, 7 June 2024

2-11th AGH at Madang.jpg
Madang, New Guinea Wards 1, and 2. - AWM 075510
2-11 AGH.jpg
Unit Colour Patch
History
Name 2/11th Australian General Hospital
Where formed Hobart & Victoria
Date formed late 1940
Locations El Amiriya, Egypt; Argos Greece; Alexishafen, New Guinea; Aitape, New Guinea; Madang, New Guinea

General Information

Early records indicate some of the unit was raised in Hobart in late 1940, and other elements in Victoria. The unit arrived in the Middle East in April 1941 at a tiem when evacuees were arriving from Greece. Their initial operating location was Alexandria, where they also received casualties from Tobruk. In November 1941 they relocated to Beit Jirja in Palestine. With Japan's entry into the war they left for Adelaide in Australia during February 1942. The relocated to Warwick in Queensland in June and then to Chermside in May 1943 to prepare for their move to New Guinea.


The hospital embarked in Brisbane for Port Moresby, disembarking four days later. In July 1943 Buna was being prepared as a base for the attack on Lae, and the hospital moved to Dobodura. They remained there in support of the Lae, Markham Valley and Finschhafen campaigns. At Buna (Dobodura) they had established a fully equipped 600 bed hospital. In July 1944 the hospital relocated to Madang, and in November 1944 it moved again, to Aitape where they remained until the end of the war.

Two members of the unit died during their time with the unit, both to illness, one in Victoria and one in New Guinea.

Staff

Patients

El Amiriya, Egypt

Warwick, Queensland

Dobodura, PNew Guinea

Aitape, New Guinea

Individual Honours

  • 23 x Mentioned in Despatches
  • 1 x Royal Red Cross (1st Class)

Notes

Content has come from The Unit Guide - Volume 4 - The Australian Army 1939-1945, page 4.119 - Graham R McKenzie-Smith - Big Sky Publishing - 2018