Coolangatta Centaur Memorial and Walk of Remembrance

-28.1654156, 153.5511802

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Coral Street
Tweed Heads NSW 2485
Australia

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Last updated: 17 January 2019

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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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Author: Brian Rowe

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