Centaur survivors finally tell their powerful stories

29 July 2021

AHS Centaur. The Japanese torpedo would strike the ship approximately where the small launch can be seen tied to the Jacob’s ladder on the port side for’ard. Photo: Australian War Memorial

A new book by Wide Bay author Tony Matthews reveals what it was like for the survivors of the Australian hospital ship Centaur after it had been torpedoed by a Japanese submarine in 1943 and sunk about 80km north-east of Brisbane.

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