Territory Stories

42 Australian Camp Hospital

Details:

Title

42 Australian Camp Hospital,

Collection

WWII Military Units, HistoryNT, Second World War, 1939-1945,

Date

0000-00-00,

Location

Mataranka,

Nation of service

Australia,

Service

Army,

Service branch

Medical,

Unit

42 Australian Camp Hospital,

Alternative unit name

No 1 Camp Hospital,

Date arrived in NT

1942-02,

Date left the NT

1942-04,

History

The 42 Camp Hospital arrived in Darwin on the Zealandia, 6 February 1942. They then made their way to Adelaide River. The 119 AGH took over the Adelaide River site and the 42 Camp Hospital was moved to Berrimah for several weeks before moving back to Adelaide River. In April 1942, they were assigned the task of setting up a new site at Mataranka.,

Notes

Metadata: Attribution International 4.0 (CC-BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0, Dates: -- Adelaide River, February 1942 to April 1942 -- Berrimah, April 1942 -- Mataranka, April 1942,

Language

English,

Subject

Second World War, 1939-1945, Australia, Army, No 1 Camp Hospital, Medical, 42 Australian Camp Hospital,

File type

image/jpeg,

Use

No known copyright,

Copyright owner

Australian War Memorial,

License

https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/pubic-domain/pdm,

Related links

https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C11441 [Australian War Memorial : Photograph 027860, Second World War, 1939-1945], http://trove.nla.gov.au/list?id=34594 [42 Australian Camp Hospital],

Parent handle

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/847747,

Citation address

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/847747

Related items

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/848111,