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Name | 75th Australian Camp Hospital |
Where formed | Claremont, Western Australia |
Date formed | 1939 |
Locations | Claremont Mental Hospital, Exmouth |
General Information
The 75th Australian Camp Hospital was raised at Claremont in November 1942 with 60 beds and several sections able to be detached to provide RAP level services to isolated units. The military took over a section of the Claremont Mental Hospital, a section known then as either "Davies Road Annex", "Davies Road Service Block" or "Military Block". In March 1943 a Section of the hospital was detached to Exmouth, and in June other sections were located at Fremantle, Garden Island and Guildford. The Fremantle Section moved to Merredin in July, and in August to Nungarin. By September 1943 the various locations were managing a total of 120 beds, including a section at the Marrinup POW camp. Unit Headquarters moved from Claremont to Karrakatta in January 1944 and then to Fremantle in June 1945.
Post war the Mental Health Service resumed control of the facility and used it to accommodate ex-servicemen with psychiatric disorders. Lemnos Hospital in Shenton park was also used for ex-service personnel.
Staff
Patients
Guildford Detachment
- Joseph Reginald Layton 8 - 10 Nov 1941
- George Gould Elworthy 6 - 24 Mar 1944
Claremont
- Arthur John Saw 6 Jul - 2 Aug 1943
- Stanley Hubert Hancock 11 - 25 Aug 1945
- Thomas Donald Neilson 17 - 23 Oct 1945
Nungarin
- Frederick Joseph Humphrey 19 Sep 1945