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

Field Ambulance

1st Division (Australia) The 1st Division, also known as the 1st (Australian) Division, is a division headquartered in Enoggera Barracks in Brisbane. The division was first formed in 1914 for service during the First World War as a part of the Australian Imperial For ...

* 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, also known as the 2nd (Australian) Division, commands all the Australian Army Reserve, Reserve brigades in Australia. These are the 4th Brigade (Australia), 4th in Victoria and Tasmania, the 5th Brigade ...

* 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

5th Division (Australia) The 5th Division was an infantry Division (military), division of the Australian Army which served during the First World War, First and Second World Wars. The division was formed in February 1916 as part of the expansion of the First Australian ...

* 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 * 17th Australian Field Ambulance

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. Light horse field ambulance units served in the ...

ANZAC Mounted Division

* 1st Australian Light Horse Field Ambulance * 2nd Australian Light Horse Field Ambulance * 3rd Australian Light Horse Field Ambulance (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 ...

* 3rd Australian Light Horse Field Ambulance (from 1917) * 4th Australian Light Horse Field Ambulance * 5th Australian Light Horse Field Ambulance

Camel Field Ambulance

* Camel Field Ambulance

Casualty Clearing Station

* 1st Australian Casualty Clearing Station * 2nd Australian Casualty Clearing Station * 3rd Australian Casualty Clearing Station

Stationary Hospital

* 1st Australian Stationary Hospital (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;

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, France to 1918; then Sutton Veny, England * 2nd Australian General Hospital (New South Wales) was in Cairo in 1915. * 3rd Australian General Hospital (New South Wales) - Mudros, Greece July 1915 to January 1916; Abbassia, Egypt to October 1916;

Abbeville, France Abbeville (; ; ) is a commune in the Somme department and in Hauts-de-France region in northern France. It is the of one of the arrondissements of Somme. Located on the river Somme, it was the capital of Ponthieu. Geography Location Abbe ...

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

Sanitary Sections

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 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 Avenue * Fifth column, a political term * Fifth disease, a cont ...

* 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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Army medical units and formations of Australia