Coolangatta Centaur Memorial and Walk of Remembrance

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Hospital Ship Centaur Memorial at Sunrise

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Memorial Name:

Coolangatta Centaur Memorial and Walk of Remembrance

Address:

Coral Street
Tweed Heads NSW 2485
Australia

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Brian Rowe

Last updated: 7 September 2023

Stories

AHS Centaur Memorial

Story

64 survived after clinging to debris and life rafts for 34 hours

Australian Hospital Ship Centaur was sunk during World War Two at 4.10 am on 14 May 1943 off Stradbroke Island, Queensland, by a torpedo from the Japanese Navy submarin

Author: Faithe

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Hospital Ship Centaur Memorial at Sunrise

Author: Brian Rowe

Author: Brian Rowe

Author: Brian Rowe

Author: Brian Rowe

Author: Brian Rowe

Author: Brian Rowe

Author: Brian Rowe

Author: Faithe

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