Virtual War Memorial | Gold Coast - AHS Centaur Memorial, Coolangatta,

Gold Coast - AHS Centaur Memorial

Location	Point Danger, Boundary Street, Coolangatta, Gold Coast - Queensland, Australia
Type	memorial
Description	Memorial fountain
Built	Not yet discovered
Opened	14 May 1993
Inscription	MAY 14 1943 A.H.S.• CENTAUR• BUILT GREENOCK • 1924 BATTLE FOR NEW GUINEA WAU BITOI RIVER BOBDUBI RIDGE MUBI WAIPALI GUADAGASAL THE PIMPLE PORT MORESBY CENTAUR WAS BUILT FOR THE OCEAN STEAMSHIP COY. (BLUE FUNNEL LINE, LIVERPOOL U.K). IN EARLY 1943 CENTAUR WAS CONVERTED TO A HOSPITAL SHIP. ON HER SECOND VOYAGE FROM SYDNEY TO NEW GUINEA. SHE WAS TORPEDOED BY THE JAPANESE SUBMARINE NO 1-177 AT 4.10AM OF MAY 14TH. 1943 OFF STRADBROKE ISLAND. CENTAUR SANK IN LESS THAN THREE MINUTES. OF THE 332 PERSONS ON BOARD ONLY 64 SURVIVED AFTER CLINGING TO RAFTS AND DEBRIS FOR 34 HOURS. THEY WERE RESCUED BY THE DESTROYER USS MUGFORD.
Condition	Good

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Service number NFX76581
Lieutenant
2/3 Hospital Ship (Centaur)
Australian Military Forces (Army WW2)
Born 13 Oct 1904

Service number NX40214
Private
2nd/12th Field Ambulance
Australian Military Forces (Army WW2)
Born 31 Dec 1913

Service number NX27346
Private
2nd/12th Field Ambulance
Australian Military Forces (Army WW2)
Born 20 Jun 1910

Service number QX15772
Private
2nd/12th Field Ambulance
Australian Military Forces (Army WW2)
Born 29 May 1905

Service number QX10861
Staff Sergeant
2nd/12th Field Ambulance
Australian Military Forces (Army WW2)
Born 18 Apr 1913

Service number NX55942
Private
2nd/12th Field Ambulance
Australian Military Forces (Army WW2)
Born 8 Mar 1907

Service number NX27...
Private
2nd/12th Field Ambulance
Australian Military Forces (Army WW2)
Born 8 Aug 1912

Service number B.3/57
Senior Representative
Australian Red Cross
Philanthropic Organisations
Born 17 Mar 1892

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