116th Australian General Hospital

Unit Colour Patch
History
Name	116th Australian General Hospital
Where formed	Charters Towers, Queensland
Date formed	January 1942
Locations	Charters Towers, Gungarra near Cairns.

General Information

By 17 Mar 1942 the 116th AGH had moved itself into the Mount Carmel College in Charters Towers, adjacent to the local airfield. The Charters Towers air base, allowed patients to be flown in from New Guinea, both Australian and allied servicemen alike.

Patients

1942

• Raymond Eric Gerard Bennett July 1942

1943

• Clarence Malarkey Jul - Nov 1943

1944

• Allan James Watters 15 - 17 Sep 1944