The following is a list of Australian Army medical units in World War I.

Field Ambulance

Australian Imperial Force Ambulance, 1916

1st Division (Australia) The 1st Division is headquartered in Enoggera, a suburb of Brisbane. The division was first formed in 1914 for service during World War I as a part of the Australian Imperial Force (AIF). It was initially part of the Australian and New Zealand ...

* 1st Australian Field Ambulance (New South Wales) * 2nd Australian Field Ambulance (Victoria) * 3rd Australian Field Ambulance

2nd Division (Australia) The 2nd Division of the Australian Army commands all the Reserve brigades in Australia. These are the 4th in Victoria, the 5th in New South Wales, the 9th in South Australia and Tasmania, the 11th in Queensland, the 13th in Western Austral ...

* 5th Australian Field Ambulance (New South Wales) * 6th Australian Field Ambulance (Victoria) * 7th Australian Field Ambulance

3rd Division (Australia) The 3rd Division was an infantry division of the Australian Army. Existing during various periods between 1916 and 1991, it is considered the "longest serving Australian Army division". It was first formed during World War I, as an infantry di ...

* 9th Australian Field Ambulance (New South Wales) * 10th Australian Field Ambulance (Victoria) * 11th Australian Field Ambulance (South Australia)

4th Division (Australia) The Australian 4th Division was formed in the First World War during the expansion of the Australian Imperial Force (AIF) infantry brigades in February 1916. In addition to the experienced 4th Brigade (previously in the original New Zealand ...

* 4th Australian Field Ambulance * 12th Australian Field Ambulance *

13th Australian Field Ambulance In music or music theory, a thirteenth is the note thirteen scale degrees from the root of a chord and also the interval between the root and the thirteenth. The interval can be also described as a compound sixth, spanning an octave ...

5th Division (Australia) The 5th Division was an infantry division of the Australian Army which served during the First and Second World Wars. The division was formed in February 1916 as part of the expansion of the Australian Imperial Force infantry brigades. In add ...

* 8th Australian Field Ambulance (NSW) * 14th Australian Field Ambulance * 15th Australian Field Ambulance

6th Division

(Only partially formed, and was disbanded prior to completion of assembly.) *

16th Australian Field Ambulance 16 (sixteen) is the natural number following 15 and preceding 17. 16 is a composite number, and a square number, being 42 = 4 × 4. It is the smallest number with exactly five divisors, its proper divisors being , , and . In English speech, ...

17th Australian Field Ambulance 17 (seventeen) is the natural number following 16 and preceding 18. It is a prime number. Seventeen is the sum of the first four prime numbers. In mathematics 17 is the seventh prime number, which makes seventeen the fourth super-prime, as ...

Light Horse Field Ambulance A light horse field ambulance was an Australian World War I military unit whose purpose was to provide medical transport and aid to the wounded and sick soldiers of an Australian Light Horse brigade. Typically a Lieutenant Colonel commanded each ...

ANZAC Mounted Division

1st Australian Light Horse Field Ambulance First or 1st is the ordinal form of the number one (#1). First or 1st may also refer to: *World record, specifically the first instance of a particular achievement Arts and media Music * 1$T, American rapper, singer-songwriter, DJ, and reco ...

* 2nd Australian Light Horse Field Ambulance *

3rd Australian Light Horse Field Ambulance Third or 3rd may refer to: Numbers * 3rd, the ordinal form of the cardinal number 3 * , a fraction of one third * 1⁄60 of a ''second'', or 1⁄3600 of a ''minute'' Places * 3rd Street (disambiguation) * Third Avenue (disambiguation) * Hig ...

(to 1916)

Australian Mounted Division The Australian Mounted Division originally formed as the Imperial Mounted Division in January 1917, was a mounted infantry, light horse and yeomanry division. The division was formed in Egypt, and along with the Anzac Mounted Division formed p ...

(from 1917) *

4th Australian Light Horse Field Ambulance Fourth or the fourth may refer to: * the ordinal form of the number 4 * ''Fourth'' (album), by Soft Machine, 1971 * Fourth (angle), an ancient astronomical subdivision * Fourth (music), a musical interval * ''The Fourth'' (1972 film), a Sovie ...

5th Australian Light Horse Field Ambulance Fifth is the ordinal form of the number five. Fifth or The Fifth may refer to: * Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution, as in the expression "pleading the Fifth" * Fifth column, a political term * Fifth disease, a contagious rash that ...

Camel Field Ambulance

* Camel Field Ambulance

Casualty Clearing Station

1st Australian Casualty Clearing Station First or 1st is the ordinal form of the number one (#1). First or 1st may also refer to: *World record, specifically the first instance of a particular achievement Arts and media Music * 1$T, American rapper, singer-songwriter, DJ, and rec ...

* 2nd Australian Casualty Clearing Station *

3rd Australian Casualty Clearing Station Third or 3rd may refer to: Numbers * 3rd, the ordinal form of the cardinal number 3 * , a fraction of one third * 1⁄60 of a ''second'', or 1⁄3600 of a ''minute'' Places * 3rd Street (disambiguation) * Third Avenue (disambiguation) * Hig ...

Stationary Hospital

1st Australian Stationary Hospital First or 1st is the ordinal form of the number one (#1). First or 1st may also refer to: *World record, specifically the first instance of a particular achievement Arts and media Music * 1$T, American rapper, singer-songwriter, DJ, and rec ...

(South Australia) * 2nd Australian Stationary Hospital (Western Australia)

Infectious Diseases Hospital

* 1st Dermatological Hospital * 2nd Infectious Diseases Hospital * 3rd Infectious Diseases Hospital * 4th Infectious Diseases Hospital (Queensland) * 5th Infectious Diseases Hospital (Victoria) * 6th Infectious Diseases Hospital (South Australia)

Australian Flying Corps Hospital

* Australian Flying Corps Hospital

Australian General Hospital

* 1st Australian General Hospital (Queensland) – Heliopolis, Egypt January 1915 to March 1916; Rouen, France to 1918; then Sutton Veny, England * 2nd Australian General Hospital (New South Wales) * 3rd Australian General Hospital (New South Wales) - Mudros, Greece July 1915 to January 1916; Abbassia, Egypt to October 1916; Abbeville, France from May 1917 until end of war * 4th Australian General Hospital (New South Wales) * 5th Australian General Hospital (Victoria) * 6th Australian General Hospital (Queensland) * 7th Australian General Hospital (South Australia) * 8th Australian General Hospital (Western Australia) * 9th Australian General Hospital (Tasmania) * 10th Australian General Hospital * 11th Australian General Hospital (Victoria) * 12th Australian General Hospital (Tasmania) * 13th Australian General Hospital (Queensland) * 14th Australian General Hospital * 15th Australian General Hospital (South Australia) * 16th Australian General Hospital (Victoria) * 17th Australian General Hospital (Queensland)

Australian Auxiliary Hospitals

10th Australian Auxiliary Hospital 1 (one, unit, unity) is a number representing a single or the only entity. 1 is also a numerical digit and represents a single unit of counting or measurement. For example, a line segment of ''unit length'' is a line segment of length 1. I ...

(Queensland) *

11th Australian Auxiliary Hospital 11 (eleven) is the natural number following 10 and preceding 12. It is the first repdigit. In English, it is the smallest positive integer whose name has three syllables. Name "Eleven" derives from the Old English ', which is first attested i ...

(1) (New South Wales) *

(2) (New South Wales) *

12th Australian Auxiliary Hospital 1 (one, unit, unity) is a number representing a single or the only entity. 1 is also a numerical digit and represents a single unit of counting or measurement. For example, a line segment of ''unit length'' is a line segment of length 1. I ...

(New South Wales) *

13th Australian Auxiliary Hospital In music or music theory, a thirteenth is the Musical note, note thirteen scale degrees from the root (chord), root of a chord (music), chord and also the interval (music), interval between the root and the thirteenth. The interval can be ...

(New South Wales) * 14th Australian Auxiliary Hospital (New South Wales) *

15th Australian Auxiliary Hospital 15 (fifteen) is the natural number following 14 (number), 14 and preceding 16 (number), 16. Mathematics 15 is: * A composite number, and the sixth semiprime; its proper divisors being , and . * A deficient number, a smooth number, a lucky ...

(Victoria) * 16th Australian Auxiliary Hospital (Victoria) *

17th Australian Auxiliary Hospital 17 (seventeen) is the natural number following 16 (number), 16 and preceding 18 (number), 18. It is a prime number. Seventeen is the sum of the first four prime numbers. In mathematics 17 is the seventh prime number, which makes seventeen the ...

(South Australia) * 18th Australian Auxiliary Hospital (South Australia) *

19th Australian Auxiliary Hospital 19 (nineteen) is the natural number following 18 (number), 18 and preceding 20 (number), 20. It is a prime number. Mathematics 19 is the eighth prime number, and forms a sexy prime with 13 (number), 13, a twin prime with 17 (number), 17, and ...

(Western Australia) * 20th Australian Auxiliary Hospital (Western Australia) * 21st Australian Auxiliary Hospital (1) (Western Australia) * 21st Australian Auxiliary Hospital (2) (New South Wales) * 22nd Australian Auxiliary Hospital (Western Australia) *

23rd Australian Auxiliary Hospital Third or 3rd may refer to: Numbers * 3rd, the ordinal form of the cardinal number 3 * , a fraction of one third * Second#Sexagesimal divisions of calendar time and day, 1⁄60 of a ''second'', or 1⁄3600 of a ''minute'' Places * 3rd Street (d ...

(Tasmania) *

24th Australian Auxiliary Hospital Fourth or the fourth may refer to: * the ordinal form of the number 4 * Fourth (album), ''Fourth'' (album), by Soft Machine, 1971 * Fourth (angle), an ancient astronomical subdivision * Fourth (music), a musical interval * The Fourth (1972 film) ...

(Western Australia) *

25th Australian Auxiliary Hospital Fifth is the Ordinal number (linguistics), ordinal form of the number 5, five. Fifth or The Fifth may refer to: * Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution, as in the expression "pleading the Fifth" * Fifth column, a political term * Fifth ...

(Tasmania) * 26th Australian Auxiliary Hospital (Western Australia) * 27th Australian Auxiliary Hospital (Queensland) *

28th Australian Auxiliary Hospital 8 (eight) is the natural number following 7 and preceding 9. In mathematics 8 is: * a composite number, its proper divisors being , , and . It is twice 4 or four times 2. * a power of two, being 2 (two cubed), and is the first number of the ...

(New South Wales)

Sanitary Sections

* 1st Australian Sanitary Company * 1st Australian Sanitary Section econd Division* 2nd Australian Sanitary Section irst Division* 3rd Australian Sanitary Section (Queensland) hird Division* 4th Australian Sanitary Section ourth Division* 5th Australian Sanitary Section ifth Division* 6th Australian Sanitary Section –

Tell El Kebir Tell El Kebir ( ar, التل الكبير lit."the great mound") is 110 km north-north-east of Cairo and 75 kilometres south of Port Said on the edge of the Egyptian desert at the altitude of 29 m. Administratively, it is a part of the Ism ...

Australian Imperial Force Training Base at the Suez Canal in Egypt, later moved to England with the Australian Imperial Force Training Centre * 7th Australian Sanitary Section nzac Mounted Division* 8th Australian Sanitary Section ustralian Mounted Division* 9th Australian Sanitary Section ixth Division

Special Medical Units

* Anzac Field Laboratory * Base Depot of Medical Stores

Convalescent and Command Depots

Convalescent Depot

* 1st Australian Convalescent Depot (1) * 1st Australian Convalescent Depot (2) * 2nd Australian Convalescent Depot * 3rd Australian Convalescent Depot * 4th Australian Convalescent Depot * 5th Australian Convalescent Depot * 6th Australian Convalescent Depot (Victoria) * 7th Australian Convalescent Depot (Victoria) * 8th Australian Convalescent Depot (Victoria)

Command Depot

* 1st Australian Command Depot * 2nd Australian Command Depot * 3rd Australian Command Depot * 4th Australian Command Depot

Hospital Ships

* 1st Hospital Ship A63 HMAHS ''Karoola'' * 2nd Hospital Ship A61 HMAHS ''Kanowna'' * Hospital Ship A55 HMAT ''Kyarra'' – later converted to a troop transport

Temporary Hospital Ships

* RMS ''Aquitania'' * SS ''Grantala'' * SS ''Ryarra''

References

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