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[edit]Keswick Military Hospital c1915 | ||||
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Keswick Military Hospital c1915 |
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GN02220 to 2238 (Box 2 Row 14 indexed as 'Keswick Military Barracks and Hospital') show the construction and completion of buildings at Keswick Barracks, at the city end of Anzac Highway (previously Bay Road) in 1912-13. The image shows the Military Hospital which opened in 1915 as wounded soldiers returned from Egypt, Lemnos and England following the withdrawl from the Dardanelles campaign. Previously converted barracks and mess were convertd into hospital wards. In 1921 it was renamed from No 7 Australian General Hospital to Keswick Repatriation Hospital. Military arrangements underwent a major transformation in post Federation Australia, with the creation of a single national army under the Commonwealth and the introduction in 1910 of compulsory military service. South Australia was designated the Fourth Military District (4MD). The barracks on North Terrace being completely inadequate, a new General Headquarters and barracks were needed. After some delays in finding a suitable site acceptable to the SA government (the vendor) and the Commonwealth (the purchser), a large site at the city end of Bay Road (now Anzac Highway) was selected. Construction began in 1912 and was completed in late 1913. Further buildings, many of them temporary, were added during the 1914-18 war. When wounded soldiers began returning home in significant numbers in 1915, the barracks were converted into a military hospital (No 7 Australian General Hospital) and other structures were added including an operating theatre, isolation block, nursing quarters, and an artificial limb factory. The hospital was renamed Keswick Repatriation Hospital. The first buildings were the imposing General Headquarters, two barracks buildings with separate kitchen, gymnasium, quartermaster's store, two large stables, a wheeler's shop, barn, shoeing shed and stables for sick horses. (See Peter Donovan, 'Keswick Barracks', www.sahistorians.org.au/bmdoc/keswick.) Microfiche states Keswick Military barracks - This is Keswick Military Hospital not barracks (G Brooks) Microfiche states Keswick Military barracks - This is Keswick Military Hospital not barracks (G Brooks) - GN02220 to 2238 - all are Box 2 Row 14. Index says "Keswick Military Barracks and Hospital" (G Brooks) |
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circa 1915 date QS:P571,+1915-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902 |
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Medium | Glass Negatives | |||
Collection | The History Trust of South Australia | |||
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GN02223 |
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The History Trust of South Australian, South Australian Government Photo [1] Object record [2] |
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