No. 1 New Zealand General Hospital

Coordinates: 50°48′41″N 1°34′11″W / 50.8115°N 1.5698°W / 50.8115; -1.5698
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No. 1 New Zealand General Hospital
New Zealand Medical Corps
Operation Theatre at the New Zealand General Hospital No.1, Brockenhurst
Map
Geography
LocationBrokenhurst, England
Coordinates50°48′41″N 1°34′11″W / 50.8115°N 1.5698°W / 50.8115; -1.5698
Organisation
TypeMilitary
History
Opened1916
Links
ListsHospitals in England

The № 1 New Zealand General Hospital (1NZGH) was a World War I military hospital in Brockenhurst, Hampshire, England. The hospital was established in June 1916, after moving from Abasseyeh in Egypt.[1] It was operated by the Royal New Zealand Army Medical Corps. It had been the Lady Hardinge Hospital for Wounded Indian Soldiers.[2][3]

Two large hotels in the parish: the Balmer Lawn Hotel and Forest Park Hotel were taken over and became a part of the new hospital, they could each hold 200 beds. 1NZGH became the orthopaedic centre for the New Zealand Medical Service in Britain.[4]

On occasions during 1918 nearly 1,600 patients were accommodated at the hospital.[3] Between 1916 and its closure 1919 the hospital cared for over 20,000 patients.[4] Auckland Avenue and Auckland Place in Brockenhurst are named to commemorate the many New Zealanders who served at the Hospital during World War I.[5]

Saint Nicholas Churchyard has 106 graves of those who died from the war including 93 New Zealanders, three Indian and three unidentified Belgian civilians.[6]

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Pyke, Angela (29 June 2016). "Brockenhurst: The No.1 New Zealand General Hospital". Retrieved 20 June 2020.
  2. ^ "Brockenhurst a First World War Hospital village 1916 – New Forest Knowledge". Retrieved 20 June 2020.
  3. ^ a b "Brockenhurst Hospital | NZETC". nzetc.victoria.ac.nz. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
  4. ^ a b "NZANS History - 1915-1922". www.nzans.org. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
  5. ^ "Brockenhurst: A World War One Hospital Village - Brockenhurst Parish Council". www.brockenhurst.gov.uk. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
  6. ^ "Brockenhurst (St. Nicholas) Churchyard". www.cwgc.org. Retrieved 7 April 2021.

Further reading[edit]

  • Carbery, A. D. (1924). The New Zealand Medical Service in the Great War, 1914‐1918 (Hardback). Auckland: Whitcombe & Tombs.. The official history of the medical service.
  • Kendall, Sherayl; Corbett, David (1990). New Zealand Military Nursing: A History of the Royal New Zealand Nursing Corps, Boer War to Present Day. Auckland: Self-published..
  • McNabb, Sherayl (2015). 100 years New Zealand Military Nursing: New Zealand Army Nursing Service – Royal New Zealand Nursing Corps 1915–2015. Hawke's Bay: Sherayl McNabb. ISBN 978-0-473-31467-5.
  • Pengelly, Edna (1956). Nursing in Peace and War. Wellington: Whitcomb & Tombs.
  • Rees, Peter (2008). The Other Anzacs: Nurses at War, 1914‐1918. Crows Nest, NSW: Allen & Unwin. ISBN 978-1-741755-49-7.. Includes material relating to both Australian and New Zealand nurses.
  • Rogers, Anna (2003). While You're Away: New Zealand Nurses at War 1899‐1948. Auckland: Auckland University Press. ISBN 978-1-869403-01-0.
  • Tolerton, Jane (2017). Make Her Praises Heard Afar: New Zealand women overseas in World War One (Paperback). Wellington: Booklovers Books. ISBN 978-0-473-39965-8.
  • Treanor, Ken (2008). The Staff, the Serpent and the Sword: 100 years of the Royal New Zealand Army Medical Corps (Hardback). Christchurch: Willson Scott. ISBN 978-1-877427-19-0.

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