155TH STATION HOSPITAL (US
ARMY)
IN AUSTRALIA DURING WW2
The 155th Station Hospital (US) was located near the large US Army camp at Camp Cable near Logan Village in south east Queensland during WW2. The hospital looked after patients from Camp Cable and Round Mountain Rehabilitation and Detention Center.
Map showing location of 155th Station Hospital
Plan of 155th Station Hospital at
Camp Cable
drawn by Bryan Gormley of Yeronga
The 155th Station Hospital at Camp Cable was built on some high ground above the Albert River. There was a Dental Ward and operating theatre, barber's shop, mess hall, kitchen, PX Store, Nurses quarters, motor pool, hot water boiler house, Steam boiler house, Tennis Court, Recreation Hall and a sewerage treatment plant.
All the marquees housing patients were ultimately fitted with timber floors. All of the ward buildings were connected together by a covered ramp and all the buildings were camouflaged. There were slit trenches excavated near the hospital in case of a Japanese bombing raid. All buildings had running hot and cold water, and proper drainage and sewerage facilities. There was a pump house on the Albert River complete with a chlorination system. The recreation halls for the officers and enlisted men were added later.
The camp was built by Australian civilian group, possibly the Civilian Construction Corps, who had their own self contained camp area adjacent to the hospital.
The 155th Station Hospital appears in the October 1943 Brisbane Military Telephone Directory located at Camp Cable. In the May 1944 Telephone Directory it is shown as being located at Ekebin in Brisbane. It does not appear in the February 1945 Directory
HEADQUARTERS
155TH STATION HOSPITAL
APO 923
DECEMBER 25, 1942
Memorandum For: All Duty Personnel, This Hospital
1. It is especially expected that we will, because of our unusual situation, in the future wish to remember the full names of all our immediate associates, therefore, this roster is published.
2. Attention is invited to the fact that this roster must be guarded as a confidential matter, and if its accompanying Christmas menu is mailed, the roster must be withdrawn.
By order of Lt. Colonel STEINHOFF:
Paul K. DOTSON,
Captain, Med Adm C,
Adjutant
ROSTER OF PERSONNEL OF 155TH STATION HOSPITAL
LIEUTENANT COLONEL
Carl. F. Steinhoff
MAJORS
Harry G. Becker | Carlyle Morris |
Guy C. Gossard | Eugene R. Perez |
Louis N. Kerstein | Karl L. Sicherman |
CAPTAINS
William A. Balogh | William F. Kaiser |
Joseph Biernoff | John F. Konopa |
Lloyd M. Cox | Frank C. Strzynecki |
Paul K. Dotson | George D. Tsoulos |
1ST LIEUTENANTS
Harvey A. Boese | Earl R. Haight |
James J. Coughlin | Thomas S. Jackson |
Mark Dale | Theodore A. Klecka |
Herbert Eisler | Leonard Krause |
Thomas H. Grainger Jr. | Jay D. Mann |
2ND LIEUTENANTS
Kenneth K. Atkins | John J. Leary |
ATTACHED
MAJORS
Robert B. Lewy
CAPTAINS
Leo J. Brennan | Alexander Wolf |
CHIEF NURSE
Margaret Harper
NURSES
Gretchen F. Allen | Ila L. Armsbury | Norma J. Barker |
Ruth A. Barlowe | Irene C. Bofencamp | Berenice D. Brandt |
Virginia E. Crook | Catherine T. Donahue | Theodosia E. Dutton |
Lucille I. Fowler | Eleanor L. Goerl | Velma V. Harper |
Martha O. Harvey | Kathleen M. Hays | Dorothy H. Hicks |
Wilma D. Holmes | Gertrude L. Jaworsky | Frances G. Joerg |
Agnes M. John | Thelma Karshen | Mary F. Kelch |
Mary L. Kennedy | Isabelle Krechniak | Ruth Lee |
Sophia R. Leys | Sophia R. Lutz | Rose B. Maras |
Margaret S. Marx | Jeanette McCulley | Marjorie Mochinskey |
Margaret M. Moeser | Mary H. Molloy | Gladys S. Moore |
Margaret M. Murphy | Blanche V. Nezavdal | Cunegundes Praybilla |
Madie S. Reitzel | Mercedes M. Ryan | Leontina M. Savage |
Hazel R. Sims | Virginia M. Sullivan | Minnie Tester |
Marguerite Thoensing | Virginia L. Titus | Mary F. Tripp |
Lucy A. Wells | Audrey I. Williams | Evelyn B. Willian |
Mary E. Zurbrugg |
ATTACHED
Rosalie O'Neill | Ann M. Leonard | Katherine Glynn |
Mary E. Clothey | Marion N. Hartman | Lillian Fine |
Louise O'Sullivan | Frances MacDonald |
MASTER SERGEANT
Fletcher R. Cox
FIRST SERGEANT
Wallace G. Geske
TECHNICAL SERGEANTS
Lenard E. Cragg | Robert B. Maxwell |
Glen T. Dietz | Richard H. Willetts |
STAFF SERGEANTS
Gory J. Certo | James H. Fox | Marshall W. Hanft |
Benjamin G. Harrison | George Prock | Frank Borg |
Vernon H. Dryden | William M. Fallis | Robert E. Jones |
Charles D. Phillips |
SERGEANTS
Isadore Ash | Frank G. Casciaro | William G. Drulias |
Rolf J. Erickson | Jess F. Esque | Albert A. Ferency |
Marlin Jones | Ralph D. Bolingbroke | Roy C. Brenden |
Frank Chang | Herbert Foinberg | Louis L. Jackson |
James S. Main | Max E. Marwitz | Paul W. McKisson |
Marlin O. Miser | Chauncey C. Mosher | Eugene J. Petersen |
Arthur O. Pritchard Jr. | John P. Schnitzius | Sam. A. Stacy |
Robert L. Swarm | Ben E. Weztler | Horace B. Wilson Jr. |
CORPORALS
Elizardo R. Delgado | Alton F. Goodrich | Tommy M. Palmer |
Roy Rabun | Harry L. Ryan | Stanley M. Szczesniak |
William H. Timm | August S. Varca | Roger C. Williams |
Andrew J. Bassar | Murray L. Baxley | Stephen Billnovich |
Luigi G. Bisio | Stanley Clay | Gus Curry |
Nunzio B. Fusillo | Elmer W. Green | Robert I. Jackson |
Virgil Johnson | Paul H. Klocker | Ray F. Landon |
George G. Lay | John E. Lund | Protasio N. Magdael |
Lawrence J. Manning | Ruben O. Matthias | Frank A. Meyer |
Axel A. Niemi | Eugene J. Pluskota | Louis C. Ramsay |
George J. Robertson Jr. | Dudley B. Shean Jr. | Henry M. Stile |
George R. Vandecaveye | Oscar R. Wallenberg | Edward F. Wandell |
Howard J. Warren | John C. Wilson | Lloyd F. Wilson |
PRIVATES FIRST CLASS
Alfred R. Antles | John H. Aubert | Benjamin Baca |
Edward R. Bakke | Joseph Bartolatto | Dominic Bartolomea |
Frank Boresani | Lloyd E. Bronson | Paul V. Clark |
Frank C. Coffee | William Crank | Marcelino De La Crus |
Charles F. Edwards | Robert B. Elder | Ronald E. Fors |
Cletus F. Gehringer | Mike Habas | Palmer R. Hagen |
Aryo A. Hannu | Clarence C. Hockert | Joseph F. Hoelscher |
Earl P. Hoscheid | Leonard D. Johnston | Joseph Jung |
Henry J. Kaliebo | James C. Kelly | Joseph S. Koenig |
Claude E. Larson | Ray Livermore | Frank R. Lynch |
Thomas H. Morgan | Herman A. Moser | Carl T. Myers |
Francis E. Nichol | Johnie E. Nickles | Harley F. Osterhout |
Don H. Parke | Richard L. Peoples | Charles L. Robertson |
Raymond Santhuff | Sam Slivick | Walter C. Stachowicz |
Harry Struck | George Swedberg Jr. | John Swierz Jr. |
Raymond L. Tetting | John R. Wardlaw | Harold J. Wright |
Walter F. Zeug |
PRIVATES
Matthew J. Abel | Karl L. Adler | Harold F. Anderson |
Frank W. Anthony | Elman Bacher | John F. Barnes |
Leroy A. Beaudry | Paul Bereza | Mark A. Brandon |
Robert R. Brock | Clyde D. Brown | Robert Brown |
Jean F. Buechler | John F. Burke | William W. Burkey |
Edward J. Butler | Clive W. Byerley | Mike Cantor |
Gerald L. Casey | William P. Casey | Richard J. Coon |
Henry L. Czajkowski | Chester E. Delaney Jr. | Uranous W. Deyton |
James A. Donnelly | Albert J. Ensz | Robert L. Evans |
Clayton E. Ferrell | Carl Ficarro | Alfred P. Fisher |
Ernest W. Flora? Jr. | Ivan W. Frasher | Mike E. Freno |
Otto W. Gewalt | Lawrence L. Gonzales | John J. Grobschmidt |
Lloyd G. Groh | Lawrence K. Gryzlo | William S. Hartley |
Robert Hays | Raymond A. Henderson | Raymond O. Hulderman Jr. |
Richard J. Hummel | George L. Jennings | Clarence D. Johnson |
James J. Johnson | Luther E. Johnson | Alois T. Klappa |
Frank J. Kosobucki | Bert M. Kovack | Frank E. Kozicki |
Jofus C. Lanier | Anton M. Laznik | Michael Leszkiewicz Jr. |
Max Lewis | Robert A. Liles | Clark F. Lindsey |
Arthur S. Longo | Carl Macukat | Bernard A. Maloney |
Woodrow J. Matt | Alvie H. Maxwell | Francis B. McFarland |
William E. McMahon Jr. | Howard B. Moorehead | Francis W. Morrison |
Joseph A. Neighman | John W. Norris | Joseph J. Oldroyd |
John L. Oliverio | Mark O'Shea | Harlow P. Pease |
Edmund A. Perse | Raymond A. Piotrowski | Bueford R. Popp |
Alfred J. Reynolds | Pilar C. Rodriguez | John P. Roncevich |
Joe P. Russ | William V. Ryan Jr. | Frank J. Sadowski |
Louis S. Salerno | Clyde O. Sims | Louis G. Stevens |
Walter L. Stewart | Jesse B. Tilton | Frank E. Webb |
Robert A. Weingarten | Dale C. West Jr. | Loyse J. Wilson |
Arthur L. Zastrow |
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
I'd like to thank Bill Bentson and Greg Howe for their assistance with this home page.
REFERENCE DOCUMENTS
32nd Division's Official History: 32nd Division, World War II
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