3rd Australian Camp Hospital

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Brief History

Originally established in June 1940 as a camp dressing station with 150 beds, it was manned by whichever medical unit was in camp at the time. In August 1941 1st Camp Hospital, Northern Command was formed as a permanent unit to take over the running of the dressing station. In September 1941 the unit was renamed Camp Hospital Enoggera. In June 1942 all camp hospitals were re-organised with the unit now becoming known as 3rd Australian Camp Hospital. They continued to operate at Enoggera until the end of the war.

Patients

• John Alfred Vernon Hanbury 7 - 17 Oct 1944
• Cecil Sydney Fahey 7 Aug 1945 & 9 - 17 Aug 1945
• Thomas Donald Neilson 14 Sep - 3 Oct 1945

Notes

Content has come from The Unit Guide - Volume 4 - The Australian Army 1939-1945, page 4.126 - Graham R McKenzie-Smith - Big Sky Publishing - 2018