9th Australian Field Ambulance (WW2)

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Brief History

This unit was mobilised in December 1941 at Ingleburn in New South Wales. A Company remained at the Sydney Showground to service troops training there while the rest moved to Frenchs Forrest to work with the 9th Infantry Brigade Group. The unit, including A Company, moved to St Ives bar an Advanced Dressing Station that remained at Frenchs Forrest. In March they moved to Wallgrove, but by June hey had returned to St Ives. A move to Narellan followed in November, but in December the9th Australian Field Ambulance moved to Ravenshoe in Queensland to service camp sites being readied for units recovering from the Papuan campaign. In february 1943 they had a detachment at Atherton, before moving to Oonoonba in April to await transit to New Guinea. In June they moved to Port Moresby to relieve the 3rd AUstralian Field Ambulance.

In New guinea hey were used in small detachments.

Patients

• Derrick Leonard Saw 26 Aug 1944