The118th General Hospital was aU.S. Armymilitary hospital built in 1942 atRiverwood, New South Wales. This was the largest military hospital inAustralia, duringWorld War II.
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 theJohns Hopkins University Hospital inBaltimore,Maryland. The hospital staff arrived inSydney during June 1942 and ran a 400-bed hospital from August 1942, with a section at theHydro Majestic Hotel atMedlow Bath.
MrsEleanor Roosevelt, wife of the US PresidentFranklin D. Roosevelt, visited the 118 General Hospital on September 8th, 1943.
The U.S. Army vacated the hospital in 1945 and theRoyal Navy occupied many of the buildings in January 1945 and theAustralian Army used the remainder of the other buildings.
After World War II the site passed to theNew South Wales Housing Commission from March 1946 and the huts were used to ease the post-war housing shortage.[1][2]
Many streets in Riverwood remain named after U.S. places, such as Kentucky Road, Michigan Road, Roosevelt Avenue, and Washington Avenue.
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