6th Field Ambulance

2 Nov 1915. 6th Field Ambulance hospital at Brighton Beach, Gallipoli AWM P00176.011

Shoulder patch

Brief History

The 6th Field Ambulance was the Field Ambulance Company of the 6th Brigade, which was based on the 21st, 22nd, 23rd and 24th Battalions. The 6th Field Ambulance deployed to Gallipoli with the rest of the Division in August 1915, and then to France in 1916.

Fifty Five men died while posted to this unit.

Patients

Egypt

• John Harold Rupert Smith 31 Jan - 5 Feb 1916

France

• Arthur Percy Thomas Boyle 30 May - 5 Jun 1916
• † William Barge 31 May 1916
• † Leonard Butcher 12 Dec 1916
• Ernest Henry Chisholm 14 - 21 Dec 1916
• † Leonard Butcher 10 Jan 1917
• † Thomas William Kerry 26 Jan - 14 Mar 1917
• Joseph Clough 22 Feb 1917
• Alfred James Hansen MM 11 Mar 1917
• Patrick Francis Brennan 3 May 1917
• † Reuben Arnold MM 20 - 22 Sep 1917
• † David Edward Bromley 20 Sep 1917
• Ernest Henry Chisholm 20 Sep 1917
• Albert Edward Victor Byfield 21 Sep 1917
• John Edward Thomson 26 Sep 1917
• Alfred Haddy Pearse 24 Apr 1918 (gassed)
• John Edward Thomson 8 Aug 1918
• John Esperance Blair 29 Aug 1918
• Dugald Thomas Main 30 Aug 1918
• Thomas Percival (Percy) Hanretty 2 Sep 1918

Individual Honours

• 1 x Distinguished Service Order
• 3 x Military Cross
• 2 x Distinguished Conduct Medal
• 45 x Military medal
• 4 x Bar to Military Medal
• 6 x Meritorious Service Medal
• 9 x Mentioned in Despatches
• 1 x Romanian Medaille Barbatie si Credinta, Third Class