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Fallen Soldiers' Memorial Hospital Jubilee Booklet 1978
Author unknown
From the document – “A large part of this history is based on an excellent thesis written by AM Isdale, Esq., BA, in 1943”. Written for the 50th jubilee in 1978
Other surnames – Duff, Ebbett, Grimoldby, Lowry, McHardy, Young
History of Hastings Hospital Summary to 1960
Summary of events as outlined in AM Isdale’s “History of Hastings Hospital” 1941, plus updates from 1941 to 1960
Surnames mentioned – Allan, Anderson, Andrew, Angus, Baird, Ballantyne, Barley, Barnard, Bate, Beamish, Bedford, Bennett, Blake-Greene, Bridgeman, Brocklehurst, Brown, Bunn, Burt, Butcher, Cameron, Campbell, Cassin, Chambers, Chaplin, Clarkson, Coates, Colebourne, Collison, Cooper, Cranby, Cronin, Crosse, Culver, Davis, de Denne, Dennett, Donnelly, Donovan, Douglas, Duff, Dunkley, Ebbett, Edridge, Ellingham, Ellison, Eriksen, Evans, Fannin, Foster, Fowler,
History of Hastings Hospital to 1941
Surnames mentioned – Adams, Aldridge, Allan, Allen, Anderson, Andrew, Ayling, Baird, Barnard, Bayliss, Beamish, Bedford, Bennett, Blake, Braithwaite, Brocklehurst, Bunn, Calnet, Cameron, Campbell, Cartwright, Cassin, Cavell, Chambers, Chaplin, Clarkson, Climie, Colebourne, Collison, Cook, Cooper, Cranby, Cronin, Crosse, Culver, Davis, de Denne, Dennett, Donnelly, Donovan, Douglas, Duff, Dunkley, Eagleton, Ebbett, Edridge, Ellingham, Ellis, Ellison, Eriksen, Evans, Fannin, Field, Fielder, Foster, Fowler, Fraser, French, Gardiner, Garnett, Gascoyne, George, Georgetti, Gooseman, Graham, Gray, Griffith, Hamilton, Harding, Harman, Harris,
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Hawke’s Bay Fallen Soldiers’ Memorial Hospital nearing completion, Omahu Road, Hastings
Opened in 1928
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Hawke’s Bay Fallen Soldiers’ Memorial Hospital gates and bus shelter, Omahu Road, Hastings
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Construction of multi-story block at Memorial Hospital, Hastings, early 1960s
Hospital Hastings Aerial View
Aerial photograph of Hawke’s Bay Fallen Soldiers’ Memorial Hospital, Omahu Road, Hastings
Helipad on left; new building going on behind the chapel; Omahu Road entrance at bottom
Hospital Hastings Aerial View 1996
Aerial photographs of Hawke’s Bay Fallen Soldiers’ Memorial Hospital, Omahu Road, Hastings, 24 August 1996
Building work being done to the right of the Chapel
1 – Orchard Road at top of photo
2 – Suburb of Camberley top right; Heretaunga Intermediate School top left; nurses’ accommodation and Omahu Road bottom
Hospital Opening 1928
Officiating at the opening of the Hawke’s Bay Fallen Soldiers’ Memorial Hospital on ANZAC Day, 1928
From left: JH Colebourne, William Hart, EH Williams, Honorable JA Young (Minister of Health), George Ebbett, Dr THA Valentine (Director General of Health), Howard (Hillen and Howard Builders) and Frank B Logan
The ceremony was performed by the Honorable JA Young, Minister of Health.
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Wards 9, 10, 11 and 12, plus operating theatre on top floor at Hawke’s Bay Fallen Soldiers’ Memorial Hospital, Hastings
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Hawke’s Bay Fallen Soldiers’ Memorial Hospital, Hastings, 1939
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Postcard of Hawke’s Bay Fallen Soldiers’ Memorial Hospital, Hastings, 1939 – front entrance and maternity ward
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Front entrance, men’s surgical ward and women’s ward at Hawke’s Bay Fallen Soldiers’ Memorial Hospital, Hastings, 1941
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Front car park at Hawke’s Bay Fallen Soldiers’ Memorial Hospital, Hastings
Photo used for cover of 1981 nurses’ reunion booklet
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Russell Wing at Hawke’s Bay Fallen Soldiers’ Memorial Hospital, Hastings – opened in 1928 as nurses’ home
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Hawke’s Bay Fallen Soldiers’ Memorial Hospital, Hastings
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View from top of Hastings Memorial Hospital from outside operating theatre, Omahu Road, Hastings