The University of Queensland Gatton Campus was requisitioned by the US Army for the 153rd Station Hospital from March to July 1942. It was used by the 105th General Hospital Unit until July 1944, and some buildings were held by the Australian Army as a Reserve Hospital until 1945.

The campus is located south of the Warrego Highway at Lawes, about 6km east of Gatton. Surviving campus buildings used by the Americans include the Foundation Building and Morrison Hall, at the south end of the campus, and the Sir Leslie Wilson Hall, relocated to the west side of the campus. A purpose built US morgue (now a chapel) is located southwest of Morrison Hall.

Timber wards were once located east of the Foundation Building and Morrison Hall, in the Residential area south of Hall Road. Tents were also located south of the timber wards, in the area of the Hugh Courtney Rugby Oval. A US rubbish dump was located about 50m southeast of the present piggery at the southeast of the campus.

About 600m north of the Warrego Highway, on the west side of the road opposite the campus entrance, is a sewerage treatment works, along with an octagonal concrete pump house (north of the treatment works, east of the road); both built in 1942 during the military occupation of the campus.