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. 1 2 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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