About This Unit
1st Dermatological Hospital was formed in Australia in 1915 and depated from Sydney New South Wales aboard the Kanowna on 22 December 1915. The Hospital which was based in Egypt, and at Bulford in England dealt mainly with Venereal Disease cases.
Medical support is one of the critical combat multipliers of modern warfare. An effective medical support system can sustain soldiers in the field longer by minimising the risk of disease, and reduce the time spent out of the line by quickly and effectively assessing, treating and rehabilitating wounded and injured soldiers so that they may either return to full duty or serve in other roles commensurate with their capacity.
WW1 heralded a new era in Military Medical Services. It also confronted practitioners with a new paradigm in the scale, complexity and consequences of modern industrialised warfare.
Australian men and women have played prominent roles since Federation in the development and practice of Military Medicine.
A comprehensive suite of material relating to Military Medicine in WW1 and the people who defined it and made it happen will be introduced to this site with the collaboration of subject matter experts, in the near future.
We would particularly like to encourage individual historians researchers or members of unit associations to contribute to the development of a more detailed history and photographs pertaining to this unit and its members.
Please contact [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]) for details on how to contribute.
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