Construction of a new army hospital, to become a repatriation hospital following cessation of hostilities, was approved by the South Australian State Cabinet in June 1940.  A site near the corner of Daws Road and Goodwood Road, opposite the Springbank military camp, was selected and architects Wood, Bagot, Laybourne-Smith and Irwin were commissioned to design the facility and oversee construction. 105th Australian Military Hospital was formed circa 10 June 1941, under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel F.N. Le Messurier, DSO MD, and established temporary headquarters in the requisitioned Daw House on Goodwood Road.

The first patients were admitted on 21 February 1942 and administration services were moved from Daw House to A Block in August 1942.  In addition to the first three wards completed, patients were also accommodated in tents and prefabricated buildings on the site up to late 1944.  Eventually, 12 ward blocks were built, capable of accommodating up to 700 patients.

Patients from the Repatriation General Hospital, Keswick (CA 3240) were transferred to Springbank in December 1946 and the Hospital was taken over by the Repatriation Commission in February 1947.
 
From c. 1951 to c. 1959 the Hospital tended to contract and reduce its services and some land and facilities were sold off. However changes in legislation in 1959 and 1960 necessitated some extension of facilities and an increase in bed numbers.
 
The Repatriation Artificial Limb and Appliance Centre (CA 3234) and the (Repatriation) Outpatients Clinic, Keswick (CA 3241) were transferred to the hospital complex in 1968 and the Outpatient Clinic was renamed the Outpatient Department.
 
In 1965 the hospital opened a school of nursing for the training of registered nurses having conducted a training programme for Nurses Aides from 1961. From 1971 the hospital was used on a limited basis for undergraduate teaching by the Adelaide University, and Flinders University commenced undergraduate training there in 1973.
 
The Hospital was apparently responsible for 'Kapara', a convalescent home at Glenelg, from 1947 to 1958. Its relationship with the Repatriation Hospital 'Birralee' (CA 3242) is subject to further research.

Negotiations began between Commonwealth and State Governments to integrate the repatriation hospitals into the State health system following the Brand review of 1985. RGH Daw Park was integrated into the South Australian public hospital system on 9 March 1995.

Historical agency address
1941-    : Daws Road, Daw Park, SA