Caloundra AHS Centaur Memorial

Centaur Park along the Caloundra Headland Memorial Walkway

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Memorial Name
Caloundra AHS Centaur Memorial
Address

Esplanade Headland, Kings Beach QLD 4551

Memorial Type
Column
Conflicts
Second World War, 1939–45
Dedication Date
14 May 1993
Memorial Designer

Rotary Club of Caloundra

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Brian Rowe

Caloundra RSL Sub-Branch

Centaur Memorial & Wreck Site Location Stone
Centaur Memorial erected for 50 year commemoration
Centaur Park along the Caloundra Headland Memorial Walkway
Army Corps Memorial Plaque erected 14 May 2000
Returned Sister's Sub Branch Plaque at the Centaur Memorial
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Centaur Park and Memorial Site situated on Caloundra Headland
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Caloundra AHS Centaur Memorial

The Centaur Memorial and Park commemorates those lives tragically lost during the sinking of Australian Hospital Ship (AHS) Centaur by a Japanese submarine on

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AHS Centaur Memorial Main Commemorative Stone and Interpretative Plaque
AHS Centaur Memorial Commemorative Plaque to Netherlands Hospital Ship "Oranje" Crew Members lost in AHS Centaur Sinking
AHS Centaur Memorial Commemorative Plaque For Nurses Lost in the Sinking of AHS Centaur
AHS Centaur Memorial 50th Year Commemorative Plaque of the Dedication of the AHS Centaur Memorial Park
Sergeant Eric Livingstone Newell Commemorative Plaque at the AHS Centaur Memorial
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Able Seaman Thomas Stanley Hughes Memorial Plaque at the AHS Centaur Memorial
Private Clem Woods Memorial Plaque at the AHS Centaur Memorial
Sister Joyce Wyllie Memorial Plaque at the AHS Centaur Memorial
Private Norman McLean Memorial Plaque at the AHS Centaur Memorial
Sergeant P J Bracken Memorial Plaque at the AHS Centaur Memorial
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Third Cook David E Cockerill Memorial Plaque at the AHS Centaur Memorial
2/12th Field Ambulance Personnel Memorial Plaque at the AHS Centaur Memorial
Captain George A Murray M.N. Master of the AHS Centaur Memorial Plaque
Sister Margaret L Adams Memorial Plaque at the AHS Centaur Memorial
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