Royal Naval Hospital, Herne Bay

The Royal Naval Hospital, Herne Bay was a Royal Naval Hospital based at Herne Bay (now Riverwood), near Sydney, Australia.[1] The hospital was used chiefly in Second World War, and a young Cynthia Cooke served there in 1944–45.[2]

In mid-September 1945, the hospital provided equipment to HMS Glory in order to set up a medical facility in the hangar, along with thirty-six medical staff from the Voluntary Aid Detachment and Queen Alexandra's Royal Naval Nursing Service.[3]

Thirty-six deaths occurred at Herne Bay in the period 1945–46.[1]

References

  1. Madden, B. J. (1 January 2001). Hernia Bay: Sydney's Wartime Hospitals at Riverwood. Canterbury and District Historical Society. ISBN 9780957939103.
  2. "Cynthia Cooke; Naval nurse who accompanied PoWs back home after the war". The Daily Telegraph (1st national ed.). 15 June 2016. p. 29 via LexisNexis.
  3. Hobbs, David (7 March 2012). The British Pacific Fleet: The Royal Navy's Most Powerful Strike Force. Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 9781848320482.


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