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A PORTRAIT OF NFX76584 SISTER ELLEN SAVAGE, GM., AUSTRALIAN ARMY NURSING SERVICE, THE SOLE SURVIVOR OF TWELVE NURSING SISTERS WHO WERE ABOARD THE AUSTRALIAN HOSPITAL SHIP "CENTAUR" WHEN IT WAS SUNK BY ENEMY ACTION OFF THE QUEENSLAND COAST ON THE 1943-05-14. IT WAS DURING THIS TRAGEDY THAT SISTER SAVAGE WON THE GEORGE MEDAL.
Studio portrait of NFX125936 Sister Myrle Mary Eileen Moston AANS, 2/3 Australian Hospital Ship Centaur, killed in action at sea after the Centaur was sunk by a torpedo from a Japanese submarine on 14
Australian Army Nursing Service; NFX76584 Sister Ellen Savage, GM, AANS. Sister Ellen Savage was the only nurse to survive the sinking of the hospital ship Centaur when it was torpedoed by the Japanes
Portrait of NX76584 Nursing Sister Ellen Savage, GM, of Quirindi, NSW, only surviving woman of the sinking of the Hospital Ship Centaur, taken some months after the incident.
Survivors of the hospital ship Centaur which was torpedoed about fifty miles north-east of Brisbane, tell of their harrowing experience. Survivor Chief Pantryman Ronald G (Ron) Moate comes back to his
BRISBANE, QLD. 1943-05. SISTER ELLEN SAVAGE, AUSTRALIAN ARMY NURSING SERVICE (AANS), BEING INTERVIEWED AT GREENSLOPES ARMY HOSPITAL ABOUT 7 OR 10 DAYS AFTER HER RESCUE FROM THE HOSPITAL SHIP CENTAUR.
SYDNEY, NSW, 1943. THE AUSTRALIAN HOSPITAL SHIP CENTAUR THAT WAS SUNK BY A JAPANESE SUBMARINE OFF THE QUEENSLAND COAST ON 1943-05-14. 268 LIVES WERE LOST, INCLUDING ELEVEN AUSTRALIAN ARMY NURSES. (SEE
