Centaur Memorial Fund for Nurses (Sculpture)

The Australian Hospital Ship (AHS) Centaur was attacked and sunk off the coast of Queensland during WWII.  In 1948, Queensland nurses established the Centaur Memorial Fund for Nurses, acknowledging the 268 medical personnel and others whose lives were lost in the Centaur tragedy. The Fund commissioned sculptor, Leonard Shillam AM to produce a sandstone bas relief commemorating the incident. For more information, see Len Shillam’s 2/3 AHS Centaur Memorial, 1957open_in_new and Shillam's Brisbaneopen_in_new.