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South Townsville Centaur Memorial
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Description
This grey stone memorial commemorates those who died when the AHS Centaur was torpedoed on 14 May 1943 off the north-eastern tip of Moreton Island, south-east Queensland.
Inscription
MEMORIAL
TO THOSE WHO PERISHED WHEN THE
HOSPITAL SHIP CENTAUR
WAS TORPEDOED ON 14TH. MAY 1943
"GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN
THAT THIS.
THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE
FOR HIS FRIENDS."
JOHN 15:13.
Conflicts
World War II
Memorial type
Stone/cairn/plinth
Contributions
Shirley and Trevor McIvor
Vivienne Moran, Curator, Maritime Museum of Townsville
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