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Medical Evacuation Chain - World War 1 - Command Depots
Overview
The command and convalescent depots were the final stages in the return of a wounded soldier either to front-line duty or being invalided back to Australia. When command depots in the UK received Australian soldiers from the Australian auxiliary hospitals, the staff tried to move the soldiers from being convalescents to be 'effective'. Once soldiers were 'hardened', they went to the Australian Overseas Training Brigade. Soldiers eventually returned to the front in France.
Historical information
No 1, No 3 and no 4 Australian Command Depots dealt with the soldiers deemed able to return to duty. No 2 Australian Command Depot managed those who were to be invalided back to Australia.
Details
Details
Registration number
cwa-org-32-99-467
Inscriptions and markings
During World War I, the Australian Imperial Force (AIF) suffered 58,339 deaths and 151,948 wounded. To help deal with so many injured and sick soldiers, the Australian Army Medical Corps was expanded. Australian soldiers served. They also worked in Australian hospitals for returned soldiers. Separate entries cover the Regimental Aid Post, the Field Ambulance, Casualty Clearing Stations, Base Hospitals (General, Stationary and Auxiliary), Command Depots and Convalescent Depots, Ambulance Trains, Ambulance Barges, Hospital Ships
Contextual Information
The medical evacuation chain and medical services are presented in a separate section of the World War 1 Galleries. Artefacts relating to medical services, the treatment of wounds, casualty recovery are also found throughout the Galleries. Individual stories of doctors, nurses, stretcher bearers are also found throughout the Museum. The Prisoner of War Gallery highlights the degree of medical improvisation and professional skills that saved many lives on the Thai Burma Railroad.
Australian Army Museum of Western Australia
Australian Army Museum of Western Australia
Other items from Australian Army Museum of Western Australia
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World War 1, Australia, Western Australia, 272 FERGUSON, 10 Light Horse
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World War 1, Australia, Western Australia, GILBERT, 10 Light Horse
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World War 1, Australia, Western Australia, 276 GREEDY, 10 Light Horse
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World War 1, Australia, Western Australia, GORRINGE, 10 Light Horse
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World War 1, Australia, Western Australia, HUTTON, 10 Light Horse
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World War 1, Australia, Western Australia, HANN, 10 Light Horse
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World War 1, Australia, Western Australia, HACKETT, 10 Light Horse
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World War 1, Australia, Western Australia, HAMMOND, 10 Light Horse
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World War 1, Australia, Western Australia, HILL, 10 Light Horse
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World War 1, Australia, Western Australia, HEBITON, 10 Light Horse
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World War 1, Australia, Western Australia, HAMPSHIRE, 10 Light Horse
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World War 1, Australia, Western Australia, JOHNSON, 10 Light Horse
Soldiers outside the huts at 3 Australian Command Depot at Hurdcott Camp near Fovant, Wiltshire.
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