1st Australian Stationary Hospital

Colour patch for 1st Australian Stationary Hospital
1916 staff at Ismalia
Ward in a tent at Ismalia AWM
Verandah ward at Ismalia Photo AWM P10300.005
History
Name	1st Australian Stationary Hospital
Where formed	South Australia
Date formed	Aug 1914
Locations	Gallipoli and Lemnos Island Egypt (Suez Canal) Dartford, England as the 3rd Australian Auxiliary Hospital

General Information

Formed in Adelaide, it departed Australia aboard HMAT A55 Kyarra for Egypt in Nov 1914. During the Gallipoli campaign it was based on Lemnos Island. Four male staff were Killed in Action or Died from their wounds on Gallipoli in early December.

With the completion of the Gallipoli campaign the hospital relocated to Egypt to service troops guarding the Suez Canal.

Renamed as 3rd Australian Auxiliary Hospital on 9 Oct 1916, and relocated to England where it was located at Dartford.

Staff

Initial staff and nurses provided from South Australia.

Soldier Patients by date admitted

Lemnos Island

• Cecil Arthur Hill MM 21 - 24 May 1915
• George Henry Martin MM MID 21 - 28 May 1915
• † Thomas Buckingham 2 - 15 Jul 1915
• Cyril Foxwell 3 - ?? September 1915
• † Stanley Joseph Callow Champion 10 Sep - 17 Oct 1915
• William Buck 11 Sep - 24 Nov 1915
• George Henry Martin MM MID 19 Sep - 7 Oct 1915

Ismailia Egypt

• Victor Thomas Emanuel Compassi 31 Dec 1915 - 14 Jan 1916
• Harold V Marshall 27 - 31 Jan 1916
• † Victor Henry Marshall 4 Feb - 21 Mar 1916
• Charles Edward Parkin 22 Feb - 15 Mar 1916
• Keith George Harman Podger 30 Mar - 3 Apr 1916
• William Henry Shade 29 Jul - 8 Aug 1916