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2/3 Australian Hospital Ship Centaur; A ship of mercy on the turbulent seas of a world at war
Manuscript
Maker: Roberts, Alex
Typed manuscript titled '2/3 Australian Hospital Ship Centaur; A ship of mercy on the turbulent seas of a world at war; was her sinking a war time tragedy or a war time atrocity?' by Alex Roberts. Man...MSS2209
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Avenge Our Nurses
Art
Maker: Marcuse, Ernest Henry
Rough study for a poster design by E H Marcuse. Completed while Marcuse was attached to the Officer Cadet Training Unit, Woodside, SA. The subject relates to the sinking of the hospital ship the 'Cent...AWM2018.254.23
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BRISBANE, QLD. 1943-05. SISTER ELLEN SAVAGE, AUSTRALIAN ARMY NURSING SERVICE (AANS), BEING ...
Photograph
BRISBANE, QLD. 1943-05. SISTER ELLEN SAVAGE, AUSTRALIAN ARMY NURSING SERVICE (AANS), BEING INTERVIEWED AT GREENSLOPES ARMY HOSPITAL ABOUT 7 OR 10 DAYS AFTER HER RESCUE FROM THE HOSPITAL SHIP CENTAUR.044428
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Captain Richard G Rippon (Rtd), as Second Officer of the Australian Hospital Ship Centaur, reads his account of its sinking by a Japanese Submarine on 14 May 1943, recorded for Professor Christopher Milligan
Sound
Maker: Rippon, Richard G Rippon, Richard G
Richard Gordon Rippon was Second Officer on the Australian Hospital Ship Centaur when it was sunk by a Japanese submarine on 14th May 1943. This recording is a reading of a letter he wrote, while reco...S00331
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CONCORD, NSW. 30 JUNE 1945. SISTER E. SAVAGE, GEORGE MEDAL WINNER AND A SURVIVOR OF THE SINKING ...
Photograph
CONCORD, NSW. 30 JUNE 1945. SISTER E. SAVAGE, GEORGE MEDAL WINNER AND A SURVIVOR OF THE SINKING OF THE AUSTRALIAN HOSPITAL SHIP CENTAUR (LEFT) AND LIEUTENANT R F. STOKOE ENJOYING THEMSELVES AT A DINNE...110228
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2/12 Field Ambulance banner : Lieutenant Colonel N H Morgan, 2/12 Australian Field Ambulance
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
A unit banner for the 2/12 Australian Field Ambulance. The banner is made of unbleached calico and is painted at the centre with the Red Cross, on top of which is painted the colour patch of 2/12 Fiel...REL31811
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Frederick Bessill Chidgey as a private, dental assistant, Australian Hospital Ship Centaur, 1942-1945 recorded for Professor Christopher Milligan [memoirs]
Sound
Maker: Chidgey, Frederick Bessill Chidgey, Frederick Bessill
Frederick Bessill Chidgey as a private, dental assistant, Australian Hospital Ship Centaur, 1942-1945S00337
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FREMANTLE, WA. AERIAL STARBOARD SIDE VIEW OF THE MERCHANT VESSEL CENTAUR, LATER LOST WHILE ...
Photograph
FREMANTLE, WA. AERIAL STARBOARD SIDE VIEW OF THE MERCHANT VESSEL CENTAUR, LATER LOST WHILE SERVING AS A HOSPITAL SHIP ON 1943-05-14. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION)302795
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Informal portrait of NX40214 Private (Pte) George Albert Theodore Wilson, Australian Army Service ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Informal portrait of NX40214 Private (Pte) George Albert Theodore Wilson, Australian Army Service Corps attached to the 2/12th Field Ambulance. A wool and skin buyer of Glen Innes, NSW, he enlisted in...P03135.001
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Informal portrait of QX23837 Corporal (Cpl) Clifford George Jones, 2/1st Australian Convalescent ...
Photograph
Informal portrait of QX23837 Corporal (Cpl) Clifford George Jones, 2/1st Australian Convalescent Depot. Cpl Jones was one of sixty-four survivors of the hospital ship Centaur which was torpedoed and s...P02871.001
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Interview with Barney French (When the war came to Australia)
Film
Mr Barney French was a merchant seaman, working on the SS Barwon, a 6000 ton ship, running coal from Newcastle, NSW to Melbourne, Vic. The Barwon was nearly torpedoed, the torpedo just going under the...F04042
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Life raft light float, hospital ship Centaur : Lieutenant Colonel L M Outridge
Technology
Maker: Unknown
Red funnel-shaped wooden float with a light fitting. The float tapers at the end and finishes with a brass weight that has been screwed into the end to ensure that the float remains upright in the wat...REL/00094
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Locke, Leslie L (Private, No. 1 Coy, 7th Div Sigs)
Private Record
Maker: Locke, Leslie L
DIARIES COVERING SERVICE IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND NEW GUINEA, HOSPITALIZATION AND DISCHARGE. MENTIONS SINKING OF THE CENTAUR, FALL OF ROME AND INVASION OF NTH EUROPE. NEWSCUTTINGS3DRL/6780
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McFarlane, Mary Hamilton (Lieutenant Sister, b.1915 - d.1943)
Private Record
Maker: McFarlane, Mary Hamilton
Collection relating to the Second World War service of SFX11679 Lieutenant Sister Mary Hamilton McFarlane, Australian Army Nursing Service, 2/3 Australian Hospital Ship Centaur, 1943. Collection con...PR05263
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McGrath, George Wilfred (Private, b.1917 - d.2006)
Private Record
Maker: McGrath, George Wilfred
Collection relating to the Second World War service of NX33029 Private George Wilfred McGrath, 2/12 Field Ambulance, Second Australian Imperial Force, Australia, 1998. Wallet 1 of 1 – Consists of one...PR04200
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McNab, Flora
Private Record
Maker: McFarlane, Mary Hamilton
Collection relating to NFX77216 Captain (later Major) Flora McNab of the Australian Army Medical Women's Service (AAMWS) covering her service in the Middle East during the Second World War and in Japa...PR01675
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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA. 1943-03. INTERIOR VIEW OF THE OPERATING THEATRE ON BOARD THE NEW HOSPITAL ...
Photograph
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA. 1943-03. INTERIOR VIEW OF THE OPERATING THEATRE ON BOARD THE NEW HOSPITAL SHIP "CENTAUR".029712
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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA. 1943-03. INTERIOR VIEW OF THE OPERATING THEATRE ON BOARD THE NEW HOSPITAL ...
Photograph
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA. 1943-03. INTERIOR VIEW OF THE OPERATING THEATRE ON BOARD THE NEW HOSPITAL SHIP "CENTAUR".029711
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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA. 1943-03. VIEW IN THE GALLEY OF THE NEW HOSPITAL SHIP "CENTAUR".
Photograph
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA. 1943-03. VIEW IN THE GALLEY OF THE NEW HOSPITAL SHIP "CENTAUR".029713
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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA. 1943-03. VIEW IN THE GALLEY OF THE NEW HOSPITAL SHIP "CENTAUR".
Photograph
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA. 1943-03. VIEW IN THE GALLEY OF THE NEW HOSPITAL SHIP "CENTAUR".029714