115th Australian General Hospital
From Our Contribution
 c.1942 Afternoon tea on the lawn - accessed from Shrine of Remembrance website photo courtesy AWM | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Name | 115th Australian General Hospital |
| Where formed | Heidelberg, Victoria |
| Date formed | November 1940 |
| Locations | Heidelberg |
General Information
During the period 13 Mar 1941 and 19 May 1947 the 115th AGH was located on campus of the Austin Hospital at Heildelberg in north eastern Melbourne. The 6th RAAF Hospital was also located there. In 1947 the 115th AGH was handed over to the Repatriation Commission to become the Repatriation General Hospital Heidelberg.
At the conclusion of the war,the 115th AGH included a psychiatric unit to deal with the increasing number of men suffering what we now know to be Post Tramatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).
Staff
- Bessie Christina Ellen Taylor Mar 1942 - 25 Jan 1943
- Beryl May 28 Jul - 28 Dec 1947
Patients
- John William Pryor 26 Nov 1942 - 1 May 1943
- Douglas John Elliott 12 - 14 Oct 1943
- John James (Jack) Trappitt 19 Dec 1942 - 11 Jan 1943
- John Davidson 21 Dec 1943 - 3 Jan 1944
- James Henry Clarke 29 Jan - 12 Feb 1944
- William Leslie Cucel 12 Feb 1944
- George Victor Parkin 15 - 18 Mar 1944
- Daisy Ella Logan 13 - 20 Apr 1944
- Jack Bell 18 - 22 Apr 1944
- Clarence Malarkey 25 Apr - 1 May 1944
- Raymond Eric Gerard Bennett 27 - 30 Aug 1944
- Stanley Charles Gregory 26 - 29 Dec 1944
- Joseph George Lewis Jalli 30 Dec 1944 - 2 Mar 1945
- Raymond Eric Gerard Bennett 27 - 30 Aug 1944
- Thomas Malarkey 3 - 4 Mar 1945
- Brian Bevis 5 - 6 Apr 1945
- Francis (George) Hicks MM 4 - 9 May 1945
- Herbert Patrick Carter 29 Jun - 4 Jul 1945
- Cecil Sydney Fahey 17 - 27 Aug 1945
- Raymond Eric Gerard Bennett 27 - 30 Aug 1944
- Luke Pense 31 Dec 1945 - 1 Jan 1946