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75th Australian Camp Hospital

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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

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. During 1943 a Section of the 75th Australian Camp Hospital was located at Exmouth.

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