38th Australian Camp Hospital

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Brief History

Camp Hospital Northam with a capacity of 30 beds was raised in Northam during April 1940 to service the large training camp nearby. In June 1942 a reorganisation of camp hospitals saw the hospital renamed to 38th Australian Camp Hospital. With the continued presence of 118th Australian General Hospital in the Northam townsite led to 38th Australian Camp Hospital being disbanded in January 1944.

Unit Personnel

• Gwenyth Lorraine Margaret Lowick 12 Apr 1943 - 20 Jan 1944
• Edith Marion Rymer 27 May - 1 Jul 1943 - Driver & 25 Aug 1943 - 25 Jan 1944
• Mary Evelyn Grace Hynes 3 Nov 1943 - 26 Jan 1944 - Driver

Patients

• James Robert McCormack 8 - 28 Aug 1940
• Charles Henry Walter Hansen 15 - 19 Aug 1940
• Edward Arthur Sewell 19 - 30 Nov 1940
• † Bernard Sydney Smailes 29 - 30 Jan 1941
• Edgar Paul Siebner 21 - 23 Apr 1941
• William John Eric Johnson 4 - 11 Aug 1941
• Edward Charles Vickers 5 - 6 Oct 1941
• George Brushmeyer 23 Oct - 6 Nov 1941
• William George Law 16 Jan - 3 Feb 1942
• Thomas McFarlane Cunningham 18 - 26 Jan 1942 & 16 - 23 Sep 1942
• William Mathew Tchan 10 Apr - 5 May 1942
• Albert Edward New 2 - 6 Jun 1942
• William Leslie Roberts 11 Jul - 29 Sep 1942
• William Albert Nicholls 22 - 30 Jul 1942
• Edward John Murphy 6 - 14 Aug 1942
• Arthur Edward Pries 9 - 22 Aug 1942
• Cyril Arthur Holmes 19 - 21 Aug 1942
• Douglas George Edgar Alexander 26 Aug 1942
• Charles John Sanford 14 Sep 1942
• John Rowland Griffiths 9 - 19 Oct 1942
• William John Lucas 21 - 25 Jun 1943
• Donald Norman MacLeod Lyall 8 - 16 Sep 1943

Notes

Content has come from The Unit Guide - Volume 4 - The Australian Army 1939-1945, page 4.138 - Graham R McKenzie-Smith - Big Sky Publishing - 2018