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==General Information==
 
==General Information==
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Formed at Northam in 1941, it was redeployed to Rabual in late 1945.
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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).
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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==
 
==Staff==
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* [[Bernard (Jim) Johnson]] 1 Jul 1941 - 15 Nov 1944
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* [[Alfred (Henry) Martin]] 25 Feb 1943 - 10 Apr 1944
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* [[Mervyn (Merv) James Rose]] 26 Apr - 16 May 1943
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* [[Winifred Frances Thompson]] 10 May - 6 Jun 1943
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* [[Alan Gordon Buckingham]] 19 mar 1943 - 14 Jun 1946
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* [[Joan Lucien Collins]] 7 Jun 1943 - 17 Jun 1944
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* [[Mary Evelyn Grace Hynes]] 26 Jan 1944 - 21 May 1945 - Driver
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* [[Edith Marion Rymer]] 26 Jan 1944 - 9 Feb 1945 - Driver
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* [[Alan Gordon Buckingham]] 1945 on
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* [[Mary Rose Foxlow Watkins]] 15 Mar 1943 - 4 Aug 1944
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* [[Joan Lucien Collins]] 7 Jun 1943 - 17 Jun 1944
  
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*[[Alan Gordon Buckingham]] 1945 on
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==Patients==
  
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==Patients==
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===1941===
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* [[Raymond Victor Clough]] 31 Oct - 7 Nov 1941
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* [[Joseph Reginald Layton]] 12 - 19 Nov 1941
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===1942===
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* [[Stephen Charles Southern]] 11 - 19 Jan 1942
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* [[Frederick Arthur Nicholls]] 7 - 8 Apr 1942
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* [[William Albert Nicholls]] 21 - 29 Apr 1942
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* [[Arthur (George) Candish]] 4 Jun - 6 Jul 1942
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* [[Joseph Huntley Ball]] 25 Jul -11 Sep 1942
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* [[Douglas George Edgar Alexander]] 26 Aug - 6 Sep 1942
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* [[Charles John Sanford]] 14 Sep - ?? Oct 1942
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* [[John Ernest Law-Davis]] 10 - 29 Oct 1942
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* [[Claude Raymond Anderson]] 19 Oct 1942 - 3 Jun 1943
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* [[John Justin McCarthy]] 23 Oct - 24 Oct 1942
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* [[Joseph L Coyle]] 30 Oct - 2 Nov 1942
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* [[Edward John Murphy]] 18 Nov 1942 - 23 Jan 1943 & 13 Mar - 1 Jun 1943 & 29 Jul - 13 Aug 1943
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* [[Harold Baldwin]] 10 - 16 Dec 1942
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* [[Victor Henry Mead]] 18 Dec 1942 to 21 Jan 1943
  
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'''1942'''
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===1943===
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*[[Stephen Charles Southern]] 11 - 19 Jan 1942
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* [[Robert Hynes]] 4 - 12 May 1943 & 25 Jun - 17 Jul 1943 & 28 Jul - 25 Oct 1943
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*[[Frederick Arthur Nicholls]] 7 - 8 Apr 1942
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* [[Winifred Frances Thompson]] 10 May - 6 Jun 1943*
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*[[Claude Raymond Anderson]] 19 Oct 1942 - 3 Jun 1943
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* [[Antonio Del Borrello]] 8 - 16 Jun 1943
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*[[Victor Henry Mead]] 18 Dec 1943 to 21 Jan 1943
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* [[Mary Rose Foxlow Watkins]] 21 Jun - 19 Jul 1943 ; 4 - 9 Feb 1944 ; and 4 - 27 May 1944
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* [[Herbert Harold White]] 7 Jul - 17 Sep 1944
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* [[Stefano Alberti]] 20 Jul - 2 Aug 1943
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* [[Miran Radovanovic]] 27 Jul - 13 Aug 1943 & 24 - 29 Sep 1943
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* [[Norman Henry Napier Fowler]] 14 Sep - 4 Oct 1943
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* [[William Francis James Elliott]] 24 Sep - 18 Oct 1943
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* [[Norman Stanley Cosh]] 1 - 16 Nov 1943
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* [[Douglas John Elliott]] 26 Nov - 8 Dec 1943
  
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'''1943'''
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===1944===
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*[[Douglas John Elliott]] 26 Nov - 8 Dec 1943
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* [[Reginald James Bollard]] 18 Jan - 16 Feb 1944
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* [[Leslie George Harden]] 21 - 28 Jan 1944
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* [[Lancelot (Lance) William Cornell]] 28 Jan - 26 Feb 1944
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* [[Arthur Lloyd Brockwell]] 4 Feb - 1 Mar 1944
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* [[Roy Lance Cornell]] 14 - 25 Feb 1942
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* [[James Henry Clarke]] 3 - 14 Mar 1944 & 12 - 19 May 1944
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* [[Roy Cincinatus Anderson]] 3 - 27 Mar 1944
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* [[Harry Alfred Curtis]] 9 - 29 Mar 1944
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* [[William Leslie Cucel]] 9 Mar - 3 May 1944 & 1 - 20 Jun 1944
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* [[Keith Butcher]] 21 Mar - 29 Apr 1944
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* [[Richard Barrett]] 24 Mar - 11 Apr 1944
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* [[George Gould Elworthy]] 24 Mar - 8 Jun 1944
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* [[Ralph Godfrey]] 7 - 28 Apr 1944
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* [[Edwin Reed Marshall]] 21 Apr - 1 May 1944
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* [[Bertie Alfred Holmes]] 29 Apr - 24 Jul 1944
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* [[Maurice Weinbren]] 5 - 13 May 1944 & 1 Sep - 22 Nov 1944
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* [[John Ernest Law-Davis]] 8 - 24 May 1944
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* [[Mervyn (Merv) James Rose]] 16 - 21 Jun 1944
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* [[Joseph Slavko Marian]] 16 Jun - 16 Aug 1944
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* [[Edward Arthur Sewell]] 27 Jun - 10 Jul 1944
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* [[George Gould Elworthy]] 6 - 10 Jul 1944
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* [[James Sydney Truscott]] 14 Jul - 22 Sep 1944
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* [[Fred Alexander McKelvie]] 21 Jul - 16 Aug 1944
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* [[John Hartley Craddon]] 1 - 13 Sep 1944
  
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'''1944'''
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===1945===
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*[[Keith Butcher]] 21 Mar - 29 Apr 1944
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* [[Oliver Benson Sharpe]] 5 Jan - 5 Feb 1945
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*[[Ralph Godfrey]] 7 - 28 Apr 1944
 
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*[[Bertie Alfred Holmes]] 29 Apr - 24 Jul 1944
 
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*[[Joseph Slavko Marian]] 16 Jun - 16 Aug 1944
 
  
 
[[Category:Hospitals]]
 
[[Category:Hospitals]]
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[[Category:2nd AIF Units]]

Latest revision as of 19:50, 17 July 2024

118th_AGH.jpg
New Nurses quarters in Rabaul AWM 098417
WA Camp.jpg
Unit Colour Patch
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

Patients

1941

1942

1943

1944

1945

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