Corporate Body
Australian Army Medical Corps (1902 - 1948)
- From
- 1902
- To
- 1948
- Functions
- Army and Medical Care Provider
- Alternative Names
- AAMC (Acronym)
Summary
Upon Federation in 1901 the various colonial armies where merged under the Commonwealth Government of Australia, becoming the Commonwealth Military Forces. The first formal traces of a national military medical corps can be traced to 1902 shortly after the formation of the Commonwealth Military Forces. The Australian Army Medical Corps (AAMC) became the Royal Australian Army Medical Corps (RAAMC) in 1948.
Related entries
Timeline
1902 - 1948 Australian Army Medical Corps
1948 - Royal Australian Army Medical Corps
Superior
Published resources
Books
- Gurner, Jacqueline, The origins of the Royal Australian Army Medical Corps (Melbourne, Victoria: Hawthorn Press, 1970). Details
- Howie-Willis, Ian, A Medical Emergency: Major-General 'Ginger' Burston and the Army Medical Service in World War II (Newport (N.S.W.): Big Sky Publishing, 2012), 487 pp. Details
- Moncrieff, Alexia, Expertise, authority and control: the Australian Army Medical Corps in the First World War (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2020), 220 pp. Details
- Neuhaus, Susan J and Mascall-Dare, Sharon, Not for glory: a century of service by medical women to the Australian Army and its Allies. (Brisbane, Queensland: Australian Boolarong Press, 2014). Details
- Tyquin, Michael, Little by Little: a Centenary History of the Royal Australian Army Medical Corps (Sydney: Australian Military History Publications, 2003), 684 pp. Details
- Tyquin, Michael B., Gallipoli: the Medical War: the Australian Army Medical Service in the Dardanelles Campaign of 1915 (Sydney: New South Wales University Press, 1993), 304 pp. Details
Journal Articles
- Howie-Willis, Ian, 'Australian malariology during World War II (part 3 of "Pioneers of Australian military malariology"', Journal of Military and Veteran's History, 25 (2) (2017), 46-68. Details
- McLeod, Jan, 'The house that Jack built: DGMS Rupert Downes and Australian Army medical preparations for World War II', Health and History, 19 (1) (2017), 80-101. Details
- Pearn, J.; Grant, Peter; and James, William, 'A tradition in "the dual role": a century of service in the Medical Corps', Medical journal of Australia, 143 (9) (1985), 580-3. Details
- Tyquin, Michael B., 'Sir William "Mo" Williams, KCMG, CB, KStJ, Creator of Australia's Army Medical Services - Maligned or Misunderstood', Journal of the Royal Australian Historical Society, 84 (1998), 68-81. Details
Resources
- Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1772709. Details
See also
- Morison, Patricia, The Martin spirit: Charles Martin and the foundation of biological science in Australia (Canberra: Halstead Press, 2019), 296 pp. Details
Elizabeth Daniels
Created: 1 May 2018, Last modified: 30 November 2021