107th Australian General Hospital
From Our Contribution
 Aug 1944 The Northern Territory Hospital Train at Adelaide River. It was used to evacuate bomb blast sufferers during air raids, and as an Auxiliary Hospital when the 107th AGH was flooded during the wet season. AWM photo 068015. | |
 Aug 1944 Wards and gardens of 107th AGH - AWM photo 068017 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Name | 107th Australian General Hospital |
| Where formed | Puckapunyal, Victoria |
| Date formed | June 1940 |
| Capacity | 400 beds |
| Locations | Northern Victoria, Adelaide River (NT), Berrimah |
General Information
Raised at Puckapunyal in June 1940 as Camp Hospital Puckapunyal, in February 1941 it was expanded to become the 107th Australian General Hospital. They were dispersed, operating three camp hospitals across northern Victoria. In April 1943 they were relieved, and in May they had moved to Adelaide River in the Northern Territory.
As the number of troops in the Northern Territory reduced, so did the need for medical units and the hospital moved to Berrimah in November 1944, leaving behind a detachment at Adelaide River until March 1945 when it rejoined the parent unit. In May 1945 the hospital absorbed the 39th Hospital Laundry Unit, and it remained in operation at Berrimah until the war ended.
During its operation, three of its personnel died, two due to illness and one by accident (drowning).
Staff
- Graeme Patrick Benson 4 Jul - 6 Aug 1941
Patients
1939 Caulfield, Victoria
- Thomas Douglas Bevan 17 Dec 1939 - 12 Jan 1940
1941 Puckapunyal, Victoria
- Wilfred Brettell Duke 9 - 20 Dec 1941
- Denys Brettell Duke 13 - 21 Dec 1941
- Lawrence Gerald McDonough 14 - 17 Dec 1941
1942 Darley, Victoria
- Edward Charles Vickers 9 - 13 May 1942
- Hubert James (Jim) Gale 8 - 14 Jun 1942
- Denys Brettell Duke 2 - 18 Jul 1942
1943 & 1944 Adelaide River, Northern Territory
- William Albert Nicholls 10 - 24 Jun 1943
- Mervyn Eric Doherty 9 - 16 Jul 1943
- John Milton Hand 21 - 24 Jul 1943
- Herbert Andrew Thomas Alexander 2 - 7 Oct 1943 & 21 - 25 Oct 1943
- Cecil Sydney Fahey 18 - 22 Oct 1943
- Alexander James Harris 2 - 6 Nov 1943 & 2 - 13 Dec 1943
- James Sydney Truscott 16 - 18 Apr 1944
- Herbert Andrew Thomas Alexander 4 Jul - ?? Aug 1944
- Cyril Arthur Holmes 24 - 27 Jul 1944
- John Bennett Prentice 4 Oct 1944 - ?? Oct 1944
- Arthur McVeigh 16 Oct - 3 Nov 1944
- Allan Edmund Young 25 Jan 1945 - 5 Feb 1945