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Formed in South Australia, the hospital moved to Townsville on 11 Dec 1942. Initially established near the Quarantine Station at Pallarenda, it was primarily comprised of tents with a 200 bed capacity.  This was soon after increased to 400 beds as during 1943 casualties began to come in regularly from hospital ships and aircraft. The hospital was severely damaged by a cyclone that hit Townsville. As the cyclone hit in March 1944, the tent poles snapped, the tents and equipment were scattered and valuable medicines were lost. Patients were rushed to the railway station and put on ambulance trains and others were rushed to the American Naval Hospital.
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Formed in South Australia, the hospital moved to Townsville on 11 Dec 1942. Initially established near the Quarantine Station at Pallarenda, it was primarily comprised of tents with a 200 bed capacity.   
  
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The hospital was rebuilt at Mundingburra on the banks of the Ross River. For members of 2/14 AGH it was a long hard year or two ahead until 1945, when they were selected to go to Singapore to assist with the repatriation of Australian Prisoners of War.
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This was soon after increased to 400 beds as during 1943 casualties began to come in regularly from hospital ships and aircraft. The hospital was severely damaged by a cyclone that hit Townsville. As the cyclone hit in March 1944, the tent poles snapped, the tents and equipment were scattered and valuable medicines were lost. Some patients were rushed to the railway station and put on Ambulance Trains, while others were rushed to the American Naval Hospital.
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The hospital was rebuilt at Mundingburra on the banks of the Ross River. For members of 2/14th Australian General Hospital it was a long hard year or two ahead until 1945, when they were selected to go to Singapore to assist with the repatriation of Australian Prisoners of War.
  
 
==Staff==
 
==Staff==
  
 
==Patients==
 
==Patients==
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'''1942 Cape Pallarenda'''
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* [[Francis Malarkey]] 21 - 22 Dec 1942
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'''1943 Cape Pallarenda'''
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* [[Edwin Reed Marshall]] 5 - 26 Sep 1943 & 11 - 26 Oct 1943
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* [[George Charles Owens]] 6 - 12 Sep 1943
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* [[Robert Henry Fletcher]] 25 - 30 Oct 1943
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'''1944 Mundingburra'''
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* [[Robert Henry Fletcher]] 1 - 14 Mar 1944
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* [[George Victor Parkin]] 22 - 24 Apr 1944
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* [[Harold Herman Hilbert]] 20 May - 1 Jun 1944
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* [[Philbert John Charles Morel]] 25 - 26 Jun 1944
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* [[Joseph George Lewis Jalli]] 21 - 22 Dec 1944
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'''1945'''
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* [[Stanley Upton Hammond]] 9 - 23 Feb 1945
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* [[Francis (George) Hicks MM]] 19 & 19 Apr 1945
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* [[Edmond Hepple Brown MID]] 13 - 15 May 1945
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* [[Philbert John Charles Morel]] 11 - 26 May 1945
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* [[Herbert Patrick Carter]] 17 - 26 Jun 1945
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* [[Cecil Sydney Fahey]] 5 - 7 Aug 1945
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'''Singapore'''
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* [[William Albert Arthur Parkin]] 2 - 28 Oct 1945
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* [[Basil Fitzgerald]] 6 - 29 Oct 1945
  
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[[Category:2nd AIF Units]]
 
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[[Category:Hospitals]]

Latest revision as of 20:04, 7 April 2023

2-14th Hospital Singapore.jpg
Singapore campus post WW2 AWM photo 11471
History
Name 2/14th Australian General Hospital
Where formed South Australia
Capacity 400 beds
Locations Townsville, Cairns, and Singapore (post war)

General Information

Formed in South Australia, the hospital moved to Townsville on 11 Dec 1942. Initially established near the Quarantine Station at Pallarenda, it was primarily comprised of tents with a 200 bed capacity.


This was soon after increased to 400 beds as during 1943 casualties began to come in regularly from hospital ships and aircraft. The hospital was severely damaged by a cyclone that hit Townsville. As the cyclone hit in March 1944, the tent poles snapped, the tents and equipment were scattered and valuable medicines were lost. Some patients were rushed to the railway station and put on Ambulance Trains, while others were rushed to the American Naval Hospital.


The hospital was rebuilt at Mundingburra on the banks of the Ross River. For members of 2/14th Australian General Hospital it was a long hard year or two ahead until 1945, when they were selected to go to Singapore to assist with the repatriation of Australian Prisoners of War.

Staff

Patients

1942 Cape Pallarenda

1943 Cape Pallarenda

1944 Mundingburra

1945

Singapore

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