Australian Field Dressing Station during the Battle of Messines, 7 June 1917
The following is a list of Australian Army medical units in World War I.
Field Ambulance[]
1st Division (Australia)[]
- 1st Australian Field Ambulance (New South Wales)
- 2nd Australian Field Ambulance (Victoria)
- 3rd Australian Field Ambulance
2nd Division (Australia)[]
- 5th Australian Field Ambulance (New South Wales)
- 6th Australian Field Ambulance (Victoria)
- 7th Australian Field Ambulance
3rd Division (Australia)[]
- 9th Australian Field Ambulance (New South Wales)
- 10th Australian Field Ambulance (Victoria)
- 11th Australian Field Ambulance
4th Division (Australia)[]
- 4th Australian Field Ambulance
- 12th Australian Field Ambulance
- 13th Australian Field Ambulance
5th Division (Australia)[]
- 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[]
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[]
- 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)
- 2nd Australian General Hospital (New South Wales)
- 3rd Australian General Hospital (New South Wales)
- 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[]
- 1st Australian Auxiliary Hospital (1)
- 1st Australian Auxiliary Hospital (2)
- 2nd Australian Auxiliary Hospital (1)
- 2nd Australian Auxiliary Hospital (2)
- 3rd Australian Auxiliary Hospital (1)
- 3rd Australian Auxiliary Hospital (2)
- 4th Australian Auxiliary Hospital (1)
- 4th Australian Auxiliary Hospital (2)
- 5th Australian Auxiliary Hospital
- 6th Australian Auxiliary Hospital
- 7th Australian Auxiliary Hospital (Queensland)
- 8th Australian Auxiliary Hospital (Queensland)
- 9th Australian Auxiliary Hospital (Queensland)
- 10th Australian Auxiliary Hospital (Queensland)
- 11th Australian Auxiliary Hospital (1) (New South Wales)
- 11th Australian Auxiliary Hospital (2) (New South Wales)
- 12th Australian Auxiliary Hospital (New South Wales)
- 13th Australian Auxiliary Hospital (New South Wales)
- 14th Australian Auxiliary Hospital (New South Wales)
- 15th Australian Auxiliary Hospital (Victoria)
- 16th Australian Auxiliary Hospital (Victoria)
- 17th Australian Auxiliary Hospital (South Australia)
- 18th Australian Auxiliary Hospital (South Australia)
- 19th Australian Auxiliary Hospital (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 (Tasmania)
- 24th Australian Auxiliary Hospital (Western Australia)
- 25th Australian Auxiliary Hospital (Tasmania)
- 26th Australian Auxiliary Hospital (Western Australia)
- 27th Australian Auxiliary Hospital (Queensland)
- 28th Australian Auxiliary Hospital (New South Wales)
Sanitary Sections[]
- 1st Australian Sanitary Company
- 1st Australian Sanitary Section [Second Division]
- 2nd Australian Sanitary Section [First Division]
- 3rd Australian Sanitary Section (Queensland) [Third Division]
- 4th Australian Sanitary Section [Fourth Division]
- 5th Australian Sanitary Section [Fifth Division]
- 6th Australian Sanitary Section
- 7th Australian Sanitary Section [Anzac Mounted Division]
- 8th Australian Sanitary Section [Australian Mounted Division]
- 9th Australian Sanitary Section [Sixth 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
See also[]
The original article can be found at List of Australian Army medical units in World War I and the edit history here.