 In 1936 the Repatriation Commission took control of a parcel of land on the corner of St Kilda Rd and Coventry St to establish the Repatriation Commission Outpatient Clinic, which opened on 15 November 1937.The day clinic was designed by Commonwealth architect George Hallendal in an Art Deco style for World War 1 veterans.Another modern, for the time, art deco building (M Block) was added in 1939 and the floor was the first continuous concrete pour in Australia.