Portrait of NX54970 Warrant Officer Class 1 (WO1) Cyril Clyde Dutfield, 2/12 Field Ambulance. WO1 ...

Accession Number P03914.010
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Maker Unknown
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Portrait of NX54970 Warrant Officer Class 1 (WO1) Cyril Clyde Dutfield, 2/12 Field Ambulance. WO1 Dutfield enlisted on 22 July 1940 and was killed at sea aboard the Hospital Ship Centaur on 14 May 1943. MV Centaur was made available by the Ministry of War Transport for conversion to a hospital ship in January 1943, for use in the New Guinea area. At approximately 4 am on Friday 14 May 1943, during a voyage northwards, Centaur was off Brisbane at Point Lookout, on Stradbroke Island, when she was struck without warning by a torpedo from a Japanese submarine. She sank quickly with a loss of 268 lives.

Related information