part 23 - Driessen archive - Orchard Military Hospital, Dartford [England]
archivist: Andreas Driessen op ten Bulten
cannot show the archive images, however photo's of them are available, for a small fee [$/euro 2.50 each, payment via paypal]
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Orchard Military/Convalescent Hospital, Dartford [England]
brief history:
It started 1902 as a temporary hospital to handle epidemic of smallpox, on the riverbank at Long Reach near Dartford.
In 1915 the military took over the Orchard hospital for sick and wounded soldiers.
On 9 October 1916 it became the 3rd Australian Auxiliary Hospital with capacity for 1200 men.
In 1919 it was converted back to infectious disease hospital.
Driessen archive:
1) View of the huts left and right of a rail track with [British] soldiers - Orchard Convalescent Hospital - photo postcard Snowden series -
postmarked April 1916. [23-03201a/b]