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==General Information==
 
==General Information==
During WW2 the military took over a section of the Claremont Mental Hospital, a section known then as "Davies Road Annex", "Davies Road Service Block" or "Military Block". Post war the Mental Health Service resumed control of the facility and used it to accommodate ex-servicemen with psychiatric disorders. Lemnos Hospital in Shenton park was also used for ex-service personnel.
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The 75th Australian Camp Hospital was raised at Claremont in November 1942 with 60 beds and several sections able to be detached to provide RAP level services to isolated units. The military took over a section of the Claremont Mental Hospital, a section known then as either "Davies Road Annex", "Davies Road Service Block" or "Military Block". In March 1943 a Section of the hospital was detached to Exmouth, and in June other sections were located at Fremantle, Garden Island and Guildford. The Fremantle Section moved to Merredin in July, and in August to Nungarin. By September 1943 the various locations were managing a total of 120 beds, including a section at the Marrinup POW camp. Unit Headquarters moved from Claremont to Karrakatta in January 1944 and then to Fremantle in June 1945.
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Post war the Mental Health Service resumed control of the facility and used it to accommodate ex-servicemen with psychiatric disorders. Lemnos Hospital in Shenton park was also used for ex-service personnel.
  
In 1943 a Section of the 75th Australian Camp Hospital was located at Exmouth.
 
 
==Staff==
 
==Staff==
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* [[Charles Armstrong Hanbury]] 6 Nov 1943 - 20 Nov 1944
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* [[William Frederick Hanbury]] 16 Feb - 20 Mar 1944
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* [[Bernard (Jim) Johnson]] 16 Nov 1944 - 17 Feb 1946
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* [[Mary Evelyn Grace Hynes]] 26 Jun - 10 Oct 1945 - Driver
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* [[Edith Marion Rymer]] 7 Aug - 10 Oct 1945
  
 
==Patients==
 
==Patients==
*[[Arthur John Saw]] 6 Jul - 2 Aug 1943
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'''Guildford Detachment'''
*[[Stanley Hubert Hancock]] 11 - 25 Aug 1945
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* [[Joseph Reginald Layton]] 8 - 10 Nov  1941
*[[Thomas Donald Neilson]] 11 - 23 Oct 1945
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* [[George Gould Elworthy]] 6 - 24 Mar 1944
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'''Claremont'''
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* [[Frederick Phillipson]] 26 - 30 May 1941
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* [[Vernon Agustus Longman]] 8 Dec 1942
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* [[Arthur John Saw]] 6 Jul - 2 Aug 1943
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* [[Miran Radovanovic]] 25 - 26 Jul 1943
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* [[John Rowland Griffiths]] 18 - 21 Aug 1943
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* [[Stefano Alberti]] 25 - 30 Oct 1943  &  15 - 22 Nov 1943  &  14 - 17 Jan 1944
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* [[Bortolomeo (Bortolo) Flematti]] 3 - 7 Dec 1943
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* [[Ernest Woolhead]] 12 - 21 Apr 1944
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* [[John Milenko Marian]] 9 - 12 Dec 1944
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* [[James David Watts]] 2 - 7 Jan 1945
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* [[James Wilkinson]] 12 - 22 Jun 1945
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* [[Stanley Hubert Hancock]] 11 - 25 Aug 1945
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* [[Alfred Edward James Tresidder]] 9 - 22 Oct 1945
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* [[Thomas Donald Neilson]] 17 - 23 Oct 1945
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* [[John Stephen Serventy]] 23 Nov 1945 - ?? Dec 1945
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'''Nungarin'''
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* [[Wanda Dawne Sullivan]] 14 - 21 Jul 1944 & 7 - 14 Nov 1944 & 28 Feb - 6 Mar 1945 & 8 Nov - 7 Dec 1945
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* [[Shirley Craddon]] 30 Apr - 6 May 1945 & 12 - 16 May 1945
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* [[Frederick Joseph Humphrey]] 19 Sep 1945
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[[Category:Hospitals]]
 
[[Category:Hospitals]]
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[[Category:Militia Units ww2]]

Latest revision as of 20:17, 13 February 2023

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History
Name 75th Australian Camp Hospital
Where formed Claremont, Western Australia
Date formed 1939
Locations Claremont Mental Hospital, Exmouth

General Information

The 75th Australian Camp Hospital was raised at Claremont in November 1942 with 60 beds and several sections able to be detached to provide RAP level services to isolated units. The military took over a section of the Claremont Mental Hospital, a section known then as either "Davies Road Annex", "Davies Road Service Block" or "Military Block". In March 1943 a Section of the hospital was detached to Exmouth, and in June other sections were located at Fremantle, Garden Island and Guildford. The Fremantle Section moved to Merredin in July, and in August to Nungarin. By September 1943 the various locations were managing a total of 120 beds, including a section at the Marrinup POW camp. Unit Headquarters moved from Claremont to Karrakatta in January 1944 and then to Fremantle in June 1945.


Post war the Mental Health Service resumed control of the facility and used it to accommodate ex-servicemen with psychiatric disorders. Lemnos Hospital in Shenton park was also used for ex-service personnel.

Staff

Patients

Guildford Detachment

Claremont

Nungarin