A local resident of Toorak Gardens, Otto George Ludwig von Rieben, offered his Attunga property for use as a community hospital free of charge in 1944. The council had first suggested building a community hospital in August 1943 as part of its Post-War Reconstruction and Development Committee; it was to cost 100,000 pounds and to remain as a memorial to honour Burnside's war dead.
In 1944, Otto George Ludwig von Rieben offered his Attunga property for use as a community hospital free of charge. The council had previously proposed building a community hospital in August 1943 as part of its Post-War Reconstruction and Development Committee; it was to cost £100,000 and serve as a memorial honoring Burnside's war dead.