This cache is situated at the site of the historic Cook Hospital from 1902 to 1985. An ideal site, it comprised about 23 acres, and the cost was, approximately, £100 per acre. The new institution was ready for occupation by the end of 1914. There were four main wards, each having accommodation for 24 patients, a children's ward for 12 or more patients, and several private wards.
In the autumn of 1909 patients had to be accommodated on the verandahs, in the corridors, and in marquees with wooden floors. Twenty-two of the 60 patients were down with typhoid fever.
In 1946–47 the number of in-patients treated at Cook Hospital was 2,892. The out-patients (including Army personnel for X-ray examination) totalled 5,309. Beds available in 1948 comprised: Main block, 173; chest block, 48; Isolation block, 28; chronic ward, 16; Cook Maternity Home, 13. There was accommodation for 129 nurses.
The coordinates may not be exact, so look for the memorial stone placed in 2000 by the nurses of the hospital.