United States (US) 13th Station Hospital

Base 2 Head Quarters (1945); Current site of Holy Spirit Primary School

Patients of the acute medical or surgical class in the Townsville area were hospitalised at the United States (US) 13^th Station Hospital located on the corner of Ross River Road and Hatchett Street.

Place information

Location

Ross River Road (cnr Hatchett Street)

Aitkenvale, QLD 4814

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Place type

Medical facility

History

The US 13^th Station Hospital at Aitkenvale initially consisted of 250 beds in late March 1942.

This could expand in an emergency with 200 extra beds.

Raised walkways connected the prefabricated 'tropical' wards with ramps to assist trolleys and wheelchairs.

There were initially twelve ward 'tents' with floors, frames and screens.

A staging area and camp for two mobile hospital ships (89^th & 96^th) was located on land across the road from this hospital (in the vicinity of Ross River Road) which totalled 47 acres.

By June 1943, the hospital had 450 beds which included separate wards, an administration, surgery, x ray, laboratory, post office,...

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