Hospitalization
Arthur Shannon returned to Brisbane ,Australia, from New Britain in September 1945 on board HMT Taroona (photos below)
He traveled back to Melbourne, arriving at the Royal Park Army Camp on the 19th of September. Arthur was admitted to the military hospital in the Melbourne suburb of Heidelberg, suffering from tuberculosis on 28 September, 1945.
He was later transferred to another military hospital where his army career had begun almost six years earlier..at Bonegilla Army Camp.
After almost eight months in hospital, and following recovery from his illness, VX47000 was discharged from the Army on 17 May, 1946.
He traveled back to Melbourne, arriving at the Royal Park Army Camp on the 19th of September. Arthur was admitted to the military hospital in the Melbourne suburb of Heidelberg, suffering from tuberculosis on 28 September, 1945.
He was later transferred to another military hospital where his army career had begun almost six years earlier..at Bonegilla Army Camp.
After almost eight months in hospital, and following recovery from his illness, VX47000 was discharged from the Army on 17 May, 1946.
Two views of the ship Taroona.
In her role as HMT Taroona (above). Click on Photos to enlarge |
In her normal peacetime role as the Bass Strait ferry Taroona (above ) at Devonport Pier.
|
Above: Repatriation General Hospital,
Heidelberg, Melbourne.
Heidelberg, Melbourne.
Above : Two war-time views of the Bonegilla Army Camp. Click on Photos to enlarge
Arthur Shannon worked at the 2/26th Brigade HQ in Albury ,across the Murray River, while most brigade personnel lived and trained at Bonegilla. Arthur returned to the camp hospital in early 1946 to convalesce before his discharge from Army service.
Arthur Shannon worked at the 2/26th Brigade HQ in Albury ,across the Murray River, while most brigade personnel lived and trained at Bonegilla. Arthur returned to the camp hospital in early 1946 to convalesce before his discharge from Army service.
While Arthur Shannon was convalescing, hospital staff encouraged him and other patients to take up new hobbies and pastimes to stave off boredom.
Arthur took on leather work, among other crafts , and produced the wallet shown above and at right. He made a gift of the wallet in the late 1940s to the author of this website. He printed his name in the inside fold, which is still clearly visible. |