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The sinking of the Hospital Ship Centaur

Further online resources

Patsy Adam-Smith, Australian women at war (Melbourne: Nelson, 1984): 125-130 [Chapter 15, "The ultimate crime" is a short account of the sinking of the Centaur.]

Joan Beaumont, "Victims of war: the Allies and the transport of prisoners-of-war by sea", Journal of the Australian War Memorial 2, April (1983): 1-7. [Does not provide details of the sinking but places this incident in the wider context of attacks on ships transporting prisoners.]

R.D. Goodman, Hospital ships (Brisbane: Boolarong Publications, 1992) : 99-118 [Chapter 7, "The Centaur " gives history, map and illustrations.]

R.D. Goodman, Our war nurses: the history of the Royal Australian Army Nursing Corps 1902-1988 (Brisbane: Boolarong Publications, 1988) : 193-97.

David Jenkins, Battle surface! Japan 's submarine war against Australia 1942-1944 (Milson's Point, NSW: Random House, 1992): 277-187. [Chapter 16, "The sinking of the Centaur " provides a detailed account.]

Christopher S. Milligan, Australian hospital ship 'Centaur': the myth of immunity (Hendra, Qld.: Nairana Publications, 1993). [A comprehensive account based on wide research with illustrations, nominal roll and map showing locations of ships attacked during 1939 and 1945.]

Alan E. Smith, Three minutes of time: the torpedoing of the Australian hospital ship ' Centaur' (Tugun, Qld.: Lower Tweed River Historical Society, 1991). [A brief account written for the 50th anniversary of the sinking. Includes a plan of the ship, illustrations, map, nominal roll and profile of about 20 of those on board.]