Location
US Army hospital, located near Barune village, to the west of Port Moresby to the north of Fairfax Harbor.|

At its height in 1943 was the largest hospital in the southern hemisphere. At its height, it was capable of preforming any medical proceedure possible in the United States and use for American patients until the 117th Station Hospital was created at Nadzab. The hospital was dismantled at the end of the war.

Today, only concerete pads where buildings once stood remain. The hospital's water supply still and are used by locals. Roads, culvets and other engineering architecture also remain.
[ Then & Now: April 16, 1944 & 2005 ]

References
New Guinea Skies page 169 - 174

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October 1, 2009