The US 135^th Medical Regiment was set up at Majors Creek on 25 April 1942 with patients of a convalescent/rehabilitation class hospitalised here. The hospital also specialised in the care and rehabilitation of patients who had contracted venereal diseases and this was the primary reason for its isolated location. The 2^nd Field Hospital subsequently managed this hospital later in 1942. In turn it would be taken over by the 9^th Portable Hospital and later the 85^th Station Hospital.

The hospital initially had 150 beds with the capability to expand to 350 extra in an emergency by using tents.

In June 1943, a...