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*[[Hubert Maitland Armstrong MM]] 7 - 17 Feb 1918
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*[[Frederick Fancote]] 8 - 11 Feb 1918
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* [[Frederick Fancote]] 8 - 11 Feb 1918
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*[[Lancel Butcher]] 12 Feb - 3 Apr 1918
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*[[Aubrey Walter (Swazz) Mead]] 15 Mar - 4 Apr 1918
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*[[Sydney Chadwick McDonald]] 26 - 28 Mar 1918
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* [[Sydney Chadwick McDonald]] 26 - 28 Mar 1918
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*[[John Harold Coffen]] 28 Mar - 4 Jun 1918
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* [[John Harold Coffen]] 28 Mar - 4 Jun 1918
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*[[Thomas Hesketh]] 28 Mar - 7 Apr 1918
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*[[Arthur Thomas Orton MM]] 12 - 14 Apr 1918
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*[[Albert Ernest Elkington]] 12 - 16 Apr 1918
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*[[Charles Blunt]] 18 -22 Apr 1918
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*[[Robert Rueben Rodgers]] 29 Apr - 8 May 1918
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*[[John Alexander Adamson]] 3 May 1918 - 5 Jul 1918
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* [[John Alexander Adamson]] 3 May 1918 - 5 Jul 1918
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*[[George Joseph Harris]] 6 - 13 May 1918
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* [[George Joseph Harris]] 6 - 13 May 1918
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*[[Edward Patrick Barker]] 24 - 28 May 1918
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* [[Edward Patrick Barker]] 24 - 28 May 1918
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*[[Vernon Claude Witney]] 27 May - June 1918
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* [[Vernon Claude Witney]] 27 May - June 1918
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*[[William Francis Combs]] 28 - 31 May 1918
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* [[William Francis Combs]] 28 - 31 May 1918
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*[[Albert John Llewellyn Reed]] 12 Jun 1918
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* [[Albert John Llewellyn Reed]] 12 Jun 1918
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*[[Keith Herbert Sloan]] 12 - 14 Jun 1918
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* [[Keith Herbert Sloan]] 12 - 14 Jun 1918
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*[[John Harold Coffen]] 13 - 30 Jun 1918
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* [[John Harold Coffen]] 13 - 30 Jun 1918
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*[[Harry Hodgson]] 14 - 16 Jun 1918
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* [[Harry Hodgson]] 14 - 16 Jun 1918
 
*[[Joseph George Benton Jnr]] 21 - 30 Jun 1918
 
*[[Joseph George Benton Jnr]] 21 - 30 Jun 1918
 
*[[Leo Patrick Kane]] 24 - 28 Jun 1918
 
*[[Leo Patrick Kane]] 24 - 28 Jun 1918
 
*[[Frank Myales]] 26 - 28 Jun 1918
 
*[[Frank Myales]] 26 - 28 Jun 1918
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*[[Charles Fielder]] 28 Jun - 2 Jul 1918
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* [[Charles Fielder]] 28 Jun - 2 Jul 1918
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*[[Norman Sedrick Tonkin]] 28 Jun - 5 Jul 1918
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* [[Norman Sedrick Tonkin]] 28 Jun - 5 Jul 1918
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*[[Charles Henry Partridge]] 1 - 4 Jul 1918
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* [[Charles Henry Partridge]] 1 - 4 Jul 1918
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*[[Henry Joseph Carroll]] 2 - 15 Jul 1918
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* [[Henry Joseph Carroll]] 2 - 15 Jul 1918
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*[[Charles Blunt]] 10 - 28 Jul 1918
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*[[Matthew Walsh]] 11 -17 Jul 1918
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* [[Matthew Walsh]] 11 -17 Jul 1918
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*[[Gordon Edgar (George) Bennett]] 17 Jul - 10 Oct 1918
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* [[Gordon Edgar (George) Bennett]] 17 Jul - 10 Oct 1918
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*[[William George Martin]] 19 & 20 Jul 1918
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*[[Charles John Mitchell]] 19 - 22 Jul 1918
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* [[Charles John Mitchell]] 19 - 22 Jul 1918
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*[[Stanley Thomas Marsh]] 8 Aug - 2 Oct 1918
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*[[William Wright Casterton MM]] 26 Aug - 18 Sep 1918
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*[[John Arthur Patterson MM]] 7 - 13 Sep 1918
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*[[Ernest Ball DCM]] 9 - 12 Sep 1918
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*[[Sidney Francis Till]] 19 Sep - 16 Oct 1918 (second visit)
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* [[Sidney Francis Till]] 19 Sep - 16 Oct 1918 (second visit)
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*[[Frederick Hobbs]] 30 Sep - 3 Oct 1918
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*[[Alfred Gittins]] 1 - 25 Oct 1918
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*[[James Baillie]] 4 Oct - 13 Nov 1918
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*[[Thomas Percival (Percy) Hanretty]] 16 -23 Oct 1918
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* [[Thomas Percival (Percy) Hanretty]] 16 -23 Oct 1918
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*[[Peter Grant Watt]] 23 - 28 Oct 1918
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* [[Peter Grant Watt]] 23 - 28 Oct 1918
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*[[Joseph William Smith]] 28 & 29 Oct 1918
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* [[Joseph William Smith]] 28 & 29 Oct 1918
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*[[John James Thorpe]] 1 - 25 Nov 1918
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*[[Walter Hayward]] 4 - 6 Nov 1918
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* [[Walter Hayward]] 4 - 6 Nov 1918
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*[[John Grant Watt MM & Bar]] 15 - 20 Nov 1918
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* [[John Grant Watt MM & Bar]] 15 - 20 Nov 1918
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*[[Patrick Kiely]] 15 - 28 Nov 1918
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* [[Patrick Kiely]] 15 - 28 Nov 1918
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*[[George Alfred Hill]] 20 Nov - 1 Dec 1918
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* [[George Alfred Hill]] 20 Nov - 1 Dec 1918
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*[[Samuel Arthur Vincent]] 20 Nov - 12 Dec 1918
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* [[Samuel Arthur Vincent]] 20 Nov - 12 Dec 1918
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*[[Hubert Maitland Armstrong MM]] 2 - 8 Dec 1918
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* [[Hubert Maitland Armstrong MM]] 2 - 8 Dec 1918
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*[[Jesse Thomas Manser]] 4 - 9 Dec 1918
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* [[Jesse Thomas Manser]] 4 - 9 Dec 1918
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*[[Albert Nock]] 10 & 11 Dec 1918
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* [[Albert Nock]] 10 & 11 Dec 1918
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*[[Ellis Henry Hill]] 17 - 21 Dec 1918
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* [[Ellis Henry Hill]] 17 - 21 Dec 1918
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*[[Frederick George Gibbs]] 20 - 29 Dec 1918
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*[[James Francis Ottaway]] 2 - 27 Jan 1919
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* [[James Francis Ottaway]] 2 - 27 Jan 1919
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*[[Clarence Henry Batt]] 6 - 9 Jan 1919
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* [[Clarence Henry Batt]] 6 - 9 Jan 1919
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*[[Frederick James Allison MM]] 21 - 24 Jan 1919
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* [[Frederick James Allison MM]] 21 - 24 Jan 1919
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*[[Richard Edgar Riley]] 5 Mar - 24 Apr 1919
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* [[Dugald Thomas Main]] 14 Mar - 6 Apr 1919
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*[[Dugald Thomas Main]] 14 Mar - 6 Apr 1919
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* [[Frank Myales]] 16 Apr - 11 May 1919
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*[[Frank Myales]] 16 Apr - 11 May 1919
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* [[Thomas Ramsell]] 30 Apr - 30 May 1919
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*[[Thomas Ramsell]] 30 Apr - 30 May 1919
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* [[Ernest James Brandon Bettenay]] 1 -19 May 1919
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*[[Ernest James Brandon Bettenay]] 1 -19 May 1919
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* [[Henry Ogilvie Allom (Jnr)]] 23 Jun 1919
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*[[Henry Ogilvie Allom (Jnr)]] 23 Jun 1919
 
  
  
  
 
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Revision as of 20:51, 28 February 2021

3rd AAH.jpg
Colour Patch of 3rd Australian Auxiliary Hospital
3rd Aust Auxiliary Hospital AWM P10997.033
History
Name 3rd Australian Auxilary Hospital
Where formed England
Date formed 9 Oct 1916
Capacity 1,200 patients
Locations Dartford, Kent

General Information

The second 'River Hospital', the Orchard Hospital opened just south of the Long Reach Hospital in Joyce Green Lane, Dartford in the spring of 1902 as another temporary hospital for smallpox patients. Built on 63 acres belonging to the Joyce Green estate, it had cost £135,359 and had 800 beds. The Hospital, made of iron and wood, was furnished with surplus furniture from the nearby Gore Farm Hospital in Dartford. Gas lighting was used in all the wards.

In 1910, with the decline of smallpox outbreaks, the service was reorganised and the Hospital became a fever hospital. It spent much of its time closed, being opened only for epidemics, mainly of scarlet fever and diphtheria.

It was empty at the outbreak of WW1 but in 1915 it became the Orchard Military Hospital for sick and wounded soldiers. On 16 Oct 1916 a unit previously known as the 1st Australian Stationary Hospital was renamed as the 3rd Australian Auxiliary Hospital under the command of Lt.-Col. H. Arthur Powell. Previous service as 1st Australian Stationary Hospital had been on Lemnos and the Suez Canal area of Egypt.

The Australians greatly improved the site, even adding an operating theatre. In April 1917 the Australian Red Cross took control of the Red Cross store, which ambulant patients could visit to get items that would make their stay more comfortable. Bed-ridden patients were visited by the store workers and given cigarettes and chocolate. Every patient received 30 cigarettes a week.

The number of beds increased from 800 to 1000, and finally to 1200; additional nursing staff was provided by the Women's Army Auxiliary Crops. From October 1915 until December 1918, 56,441 troops had been treated. At the end of 1918, when the war had been over a month, 884 soldiers still remained in the Hospital. Many of the soldiers married local Dartford women.

The Australian government later presented the town of Dartford with a German gun, captured by the Australians, in appreciation of the hospitality extended to the troops during the war (the gun was later sent for scrap during WW2 when metal was needed for the war effort).

It developed specialist skills in dealing with those who suffered severed injuries, damage to the nervous system, and war related neuroses. Only one Australian is buried in Dartford's Watling Street Cemetery.

Nursing staff levels in 1918 were 1 Matron; 20 Nursing Sisters;36 Staff Nurses; 6 Masseuses

  • AWM P10997.035
  • AWM P100997.034
  • Dressing Station AWM HO 3903
  • 3rd AAH Transport Section AWM HO3899


Staff

Soldier Patients by date admitted

Egypt
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England
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