War Memorials in Australia
Cairns Australian Army Medical Corps Memorial
Place: Cairns
North, Queensland, 4870
District:
Northern Tropical
Coast and Tablelands
Orientation: Suburb of Cairns
Location: Cairns North Primary School, 381 Sheridan Street
Position:
Ref: 40251
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The memorial is a boulder..
? face
Metal plaque
THIS MEMORIAL COMMEMORATES THE GREAT
WORK
OF
BRIGADIER SIR NEIL HAMILTON FAIRLEY, KBE, FRS,
AND
HIS DEVOTED TEAM OF OFFICERS, MEN AND WOMEN
OF THE AUSTRALIAN ARMY MEDICAL CORPS, AND THE
ARMY VOLUNTEERS WHO MADE THE WORK POSSIBLE.
THEIR STUDIES AT THE LHQ MEDICAL RESEARCH UNIT,
AIF, CAIRNS, FROM 1943 TO 1946 PROVIDED A SCIENTIFIC
BASIS FOR THE CONTROL OF MALARIA BY DRUGS,
WHICH HAS PROVED OF IMMENSE IMPORTANCE TO
AUSTRALIA AND TO THE WORLD IN WAR AND PEACE.
ERECTED BY THE AUSTRALIAN ARMY
IN ASSOCIATION WITH HIS CO-WORKERS AND FRIENDS
Metal plaque below
THIS MEMORIAL WAS RELOCATED AND THE SITE
DEDICATED BY CHAPLAIN S.R. HALL RAN, 16.8.95.
DURING WWII, THE NORTH CAIRNS STATE SCHOOL
WAS UTILISED BY THE 5TH AUSTRALIAN ARMY
CAMP HOSPITAL. 3.1.1943-24.5.1944
AND ALSO BY
THE LAND H.Q. MEDICAL (MALARIA) RESEARCH
UNIT 17 L OF C AIF. 23.6.1943-17.5.1944
PLAQUE DONATED BY MEMBERS OF THE
WWII
AUSTRALIAN ARMY MEDICAL WOMEN'S SERVICE
Information current to September 2004
Sources: The information and photograph on this page have been kindly provided by Peter Fox