AGH
The following Australian medical units served in the Middle East
2/1 AGH
2/6 AGH Gaza Ridge
2/7 AGH Rehovot Palestine and moved to Busseili Egypt where Alamein wounded were treated .
2 CCS (Casualty Clearing Station) Egypt -handled Alamein wounded
3 CCS ditto
No1 Air Ambulance Unit RAAF flew Alamein wounded to 2/3 CCS
This info from book : Our Kind of War . The history of the VAD's and AAMWS
Quote . "The highest bed state recorded at 2/7 AGH was twelve hundred and twenty five patients " this was just post the Alamein battles .
Busseili was located 40 miles East of Alexander near Rosetta on the Nile delta .
Mike
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Last edited by Mike K; 20-07-07 at 14:18.
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