List of Australian Army medical units in World War I

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Australian Field Dressing Station during the Battle of Messines, 7 June 1917

The following is a list of Australian Army medical units in World War I.

Field Ambulance[]

Australian Imperial Force field ambulance personnel

1st Division (Australia)[]

  • (New South Wales)
  • (Victoria)
  • 3rd Australian Field Ambulance

2nd Division (Australia)[]

  • (New South Wales)
  • (Victoria)

3rd Division (Australia)[]

  • (New South Wales)
  • (Victoria)
  • (South Australia)

4th Division (Australia)[]

5th Division (Australia)[]

6th Division[]

(Only partially formed, and was disbanded prior to completion of assembly.)

Light Horse Field Ambulance[]

ANZAC Mounted Division[]

  • (to 1916)

Australian Mounted Division[]

  • (from 1917)

Camel Field Ambulance[]

Casualty Clearing Station[]

Stationary Hospital[]

  • (South Australia)
  • (Western Australia)

Infectious Diseases Hospital[]

  • (Queensland)
  • (Victoria)
  • (South Australia)

Australian Flying Corps Hospital[]

Australian General Hospital[]

  • 1st Australian General Hospital (Queensland) – Heliopolis, Egypt January 1915 to March 1916; Rouen, France to 1918; then Sutton Veny, England[1]
  • 2nd Australian General Hospital (New South Wales)
  • 3rd Australian General Hospital (New South Wales) - Mudros, Greece July 1915 to January 1916; Abbassia, Egypt to October 1916; Abbeville, France from May 1917 until end of war[2]
  • 4th Australian General Hospital (New South Wales)
  • 5th Australian General Hospital (Victoria)
  • 6th Australian General Hospital (Queensland)
  • 7th Australian General Hospital (South Australia)
  • 8th Australian General Hospital (Western Australia)
  • 9th Australian General Hospital (Tasmania)
  • 10th Australian General Hospital
  • 11th Australian General Hospital (Victoria)
  • 12th Australian General Hospital (Tasmania)
  • 13th Australian General Hospital (Queensland)
  • 14th Australian General Hospital
  • 15th Australian General Hospital (South Australia)
  • 16th Australian General Hospital (Victoria)
  • 17th Australian General Hospital (Queensland)

Australian Auxiliary Hospitals[]

  • (1)
  • (2)
  • (1)
  • (2)
  • (1)
  • (2)
  • (1)
  • (2)
  • (Queensland)
  • (Queensland)
  • (Queensland)
  • (Queensland)
  • (1) (New South Wales)
  • (2) (New South Wales)
  • (New South Wales)
  • (New South Wales)
  • (New South Wales)
  • (Victoria)
  • (Victoria)
  • (South Australia)
  • (South Australia)
  • (Western Australia)
  • (Western Australia)
  • (1) (Western Australia)
  • (2) (New South Wales)
  • (Western Australia)
  • (Tasmania)
  • (Western Australia)
  • (Tasmania)
  • (Western Australia)
  • (Queensland)
  • (New South Wales)

Sanitary Sections[]

  • [Second Division]
  • [First Division]
  • (Queensland) [Third Division]
  • [Fourth Division]
  • [Fifth Division]
  • – Tell El Kebir Australian Imperial Force Training Base at the Suez Canal in Egypt, later moved to England with the Australian Imperial Force Training Centre[3]
  • [Anzac Mounted Division]
  • [Australian Mounted Division]
  • [Sixth Division]

Special Medical Units[]

Convalescent and Command Depots[]

Convalescent Depot[]

  • (1)
  • (2)
  • (Victoria)
  • (Victoria)
  • (Victoria)

Command Depot[]

Hospital Ships[]

  • 1st Hospital Ship A63 HMAHS Karoola
  • 2nd Hospital Ship A61 HMAHS Kanowna
  • Hospital Ship A55 HMAT Kyarra – later converted to a troop transport

Temporary Hospital Ships[]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "No. 1 Australian General Hospital". Through These Lines. Retrieved 20 April 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ^ "Through These Lines: No. 3 Australian General Hospital". throughtheselines.com.au. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
  3. ^ "Australian Commonwealth Military Forces: Medical". Australian Defence Force Academy. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
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