Studio portrait of VFX65924 Captain Sister (Sr) Eileen Mary Rutherford, Australian Army Nursing ...

Accession Number P04320.004
Collection type Photograph
Object type Print
Maker Unknown
Date made c 1941
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Studio portrait of VFX65924 Captain Sister (Sr) Eileen Mary Rutherford, Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS), of Hamilton, Vic. Sr Rutherford was killed at sea, aged 33, whilst serving aboard the 2/3rd Australian Military Hospital Ship Centaur. At approximately 4 am on Friday 14 May 1943, during a voyage northwards, the Centaur was off Brisbane at Point Lookout, on Stradbroke Island, when she was struck without warning by a torpedo from a Japanese submarine. A total of 286 lives were lost, including 11 out of the 12 nurses on board.

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