122nd Australian Special Hospital

Colour Patch for 122nd Aust Special Hospital

Brief History

Formed at Melville Camp in July 1942 to centralize the treatment of venereal disease in Western Australia. In February 1944 with the decrease in trioops in WA, it was reduced to 100 bed capacity, and in March 1945 it was disbanded.

Staff members

• Geoffrey Gordon Benson 30 May 1944 - 12 Mar 1945

Special Trainees

• Mervyn (Merv) James Rose 7 - 30 Jan 1944

Patients

• Vernon Agustus Longman 8 - 21 Dec 1942
• Graeme Patrick Benson 6 - 15 Apr 1943
• Keith Butcher 4 - 15 Jan 1944
• John Rowland Griffiths 31 Jan - 18 Feb 1944
• Charles Kenneth Neilson 29 Feb - 13 Apr 1944 & 17 Feb - 20 May 1944

Notes

Content has come from The Unit Guide - Volume 4 - The Australian Army 1939-1945, page 4.110 - Graham R McKenzie-Smith - Big Sky Publishing - 2018