Pembroke Army Garrison

[4] Part of the garrison (St Andrew's Barracks) was used as a military hospital during the First World War;[5] during the war Malta's military hospitals and convalescent camps, particularly those at Pembroke, dealt with over 135,000 sick and wounded, most of whom were casualties of the Gallipoli and Salonika campaigns.

[8] Army units based at Pembroke Garrison between 1954 and 1967 would have been subordinate to Headquarters Malta and Libya.

[9] At the height of its occupancy the British garrison at Pembroke included St George's,[10] St Patrick's[11] and St Andrew's Barracks,[12] places of worship,[13] firing ranges and Fort Pembroke itself; as well as a military repair base, a medical centre, a military cemetery,[14] a garrison school[15] and other soldier and family welfare facilities (i.e. a NAAFI shop, military post office and beach club (the 'Robb Lido' along the northern edge of St George's Bay[16]) and regimental messes).

[17] Once St Patrick's barracks were constructed in 1941 Pembroke Garrison would be a critical medical support base for the island.

Australia Hall,[51] the former REME workshops and the White Rocks Officers' Quarters[52] areas are still in need of development and restoration.

Today the former British garrison sits inside the Pembroke Local Council administrative area (shown in red).
St Patrick's Barracks in the background, it is now a girls secondary school.
The entrance to Fort Pembroke, now housing the Verdala International School.
The now derelict Australia Hall at St Andrew's Barracks, built as a theatre and cinema after World War I.
The Pembroke Ranges looking out to sea; the ranges are still being used by the Maltese Government, but this is already ear-marked as a unique conservation area.