Western Kings Memorial Health Centre was opened in the early 1960s to replace the original hospital built following the First World War (1921) as a memorial to the men and women from the local area who served and those who died. The original hospital was closed in the early 1960s and torn down. The name was transferred to the new hospital, with the addition of the word "Western". In the 1990s, the hospital was downsized to a Health Centre.