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English: 118th General Hospital US Army, Now Home of the Australian Air League Riverwood Squadron |
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| Source | Own work |
| Author | Adam.J.W.C. |
The 118th General Hospital was a
Known as the 118 General Hospital it was planned as a hospital centre of five hospitals consisting of 490 timber barracks-type buildings, which could house a total of 4,250 beds and accommodate up to 1,250 patients and 3,500 staff.
The hospital was formed by doctors and nurses from the
Mrs
The US Army vacated the hospital in 1945 and the en:Royal Navy occupied many of the buildings in January 1945 and the en:Australian Army used the remainder of the other buildings.
After World War II the site passed to the en:New South Wales Housing Commission and the huts were used to ease the post-war housing shortage.
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