Difference between revisions of "2/11th Australian General Hospital"
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==General Information== | ==General Information== | ||
+ | Unit was in Southport in early 1943, and then to ?? prior to going to New Guinea. The hospital embarked in Brisbane and disembarked four days later at Port Moresby. Later moves took them to Buna on the north coast of New Guinea, and then Finschhafen. At Buna they had established a fully equipped 600 bed hospital. | ||
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+ | Two members of the unit died during their time with the unit, both to illness, one in Victoria and one in new Guinea. | ||
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+ | ===Individual Honours=== | ||
+ | * 23 x Mentioned in Despatches | ||
+ | * 1 x Royal Red cross (1st Class) | ||
===Staff=== | ===Staff=== |
Revision as of 03:22, 5 August 2020
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General Information
Unit was in Southport in early 1943, and then to ?? prior to going to New Guinea. The hospital embarked in Brisbane and disembarked four days later at Port Moresby. Later moves took them to Buna on the north coast of New Guinea, and then Finschhafen. At Buna they had established a fully equipped 600 bed hospital.
Two members of the unit died during their time with the unit, both to illness, one in Victoria and one in new Guinea.
Individual Honours
- 23 x Mentioned in Despatches
- 1 x Royal Red cross (1st Class)
Staff
Patients
El Amiriya, Egypt
- Joseph James Burrows 24 Sep - 20 Oct 1941
Warwick, Queensland
- Francis Malarkey 23 Dec 1942 - 14 Jan 1943
Milne Bay Papua
- Douglas John Elliott 4 - 14 Sep 1943
Aitape New Guinea
- Thomas Malarkey 25 Jan - 8 Feb 1945
- Walter Leonard Axford 4 Feb - 29 Mar 1945
- John Henry Adams 6 - 16 Aug 1945