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112th & 2/8th (2nd AIF) Army General Hospitals and 126th Army Special Hospital (ASH)
"Yungaba” - Immigration Depot
‘Yungaba’ was built in 1885 for the Queensland government as Kangaroo Point Immigration Depot. It was converted into a temporary army hospital in World War One. With this prior usage in mind, the immigration depot was converted into a military hospital in 1941, during World War Two. In 1942, it was shared between the 112th Australian General Hospital and the 2/8th Australian General Hospital (AIF). After these units left ‘Yungaba’, it was allotted to the 126th Army Special Hospital that treated servicemen infected with venereal diseases (VD).
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‘Yungaba’ was built in 1885 as an immigrant depot for the Queensland colonial government. It was known as the Kangaroo Point Immigration Depot and was given the name ‘Yungaba’ after World War Two. The building was requisitioned during World War One for a military hospital. It was operational by 1916. Two single-storey wards were constructed to the southeast of the building and a few other alterations were made to ‘Yungaba’. For the months after the end of the war (11 November 1818), ‘Yungaba’ was used to host receptions for returning servicemen and nurses plus their families.
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