109th Australian Convalescent Depot

Workshop at Northam for convalescent soldiers
History
Name	109th Australian Convalescent Camp
Where formed	Northam, Western Australia
Date formed	December 1941
Capacity	250 - 1,000 beds
Locations	Naval Base, Narrogin, Northam, Point Walter.

General Information

Formed at Northam and moved to Naval Base in December 1941. Next move was to Narrogin in March 1942 where their establishment grew to 1,000 beds before moving back to Northam in March 1943 and reduced in size to 500 beds. Final move was to Point Walter in January 1945, with another downsize to 250 beds.

By the middle of 1944, most Army field units had left Western Australia, and the 109th Convalescent Depot moved from Northam to Point Walter Camp in January 1945. They established a 250 bed capacity and looked after soldiers who were on discharge from 110th Australian Base Hospital in Perth before returning to their original units.

Patients

1941 Naval Base

• Jack Cameron 16 Dec 1941 - 15 Jan 1942.

1942 Narrogin

• Donald James Anderson 12 - 31 Mar 1942
• Eric John Peverett 2 - 6 Jun 1942
• Bertie Alfred Holmes 6 - 16 Jun 1942

1943 Northam

• Victor Henry Mead 22 Jan - 24 Apr 1943 entered at Narrogin, moved in March to Northam

1944 Northam

• Keith Butcher 30 Apr - 1 May 1944

1945 Point Walter

• Donald James Anderson 20 Mar - 14 May 1945
• George Garratt 7 Aug - 12 Sep 1945
• Stanley Hubert Hancock 25 Aug - 3 Sep 1945
• Kevin James Higgins 20 Sep - 15 Oct 1945
• William James Johnson 24 Sep - 8 Nov 1945
• Harold Edward (Tony) Saw 16 Nov - 4 Dec 1945
• Basil Fitzgerald 28 Nov 1945 - 11 May 1946
• Charles Owen Parkin 6 - 18 Dec 1945

1946

• Norman Lenard (Bob) Dunnell 19 Feb - 28 Mar 1946
• Arthur John Saw 30 May to 18 Jun 1946 and from 28 Jun to 5 Jul 1946