Wauchope District Memorial Hospital Middle Image Image 0 / 0 - Prev Next Description / Background Medicine and hospital services in Wauchope and district commenced with the arrival of Dr. William Begg by March 1912. In time a private hospital 'Wildfels' was developed, and by 1935, Dr Begg decided to develop a new cottage hospital. Throughout the 1940s, negotiations continued. A Hospital Board was formed to raise funds for construction of a Public Hospital at Wauchope. On 21 June 1944, Governor John de Vere Wakehurst and C.A. Kelly, Minister for Health gazetted the name 'The Wauchope District Memorial Hospital'. It took several years of negotiations and fundraising before the State Government reported in April 1954 funds would be made available in 1955 to commence construction of the Memorial Hospital. Inscription Wauchope District Memorial Hospital Related links First Bequest (30 Sep 1944) Wauchope Memorial Hospital - In the beginning (part 1)(26 Jun 2014) Wauchope Memorial Hospital - In the beginning (part 2)(3 Jul 2014) Wauchope Memorial Hospital - In the beginning (part 3)(10 Jul 2014) Veterans listed on this memorial Do you know more about this war Memorial? Click here to learn how you can contribute Sidebar Address 69 High Street Wauchope NSW 2446 Local Government Area Port Macquarie-Hastings Council Setting Roadside Memorial type Building Recorded by Graham Wilson OAM Conflict/s All conflicts