The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Portrait of NX54970 Warrant Officer Class 1 (WO1) Cyril Clyde Dutfield, 2/12 Field Ambulance. WO1 Dutfield enlisted on 22 July 1940 and was killed at sea aboard the Hospital Ship Centaur on 14 May 1943. MV Centaur was made available by the Ministry of War Transport for conversion to a hospital ship in January 1943, for use in the New Guinea area. At approximately 4 am on Friday 14 May 1943, during a voyage northwards, Centaur was off Brisbane at Point Lookout, on Stradbroke Island, when she was struck without warning by a torpedo from a Japanese submarine. She sank quickly with a loss of 268 lives.
Portrait of NX53019 Corporal (Cpl) Hilton Stuart Collins, 2/12 Field Ambulance. Cpl Hilton of Wellington, NSW, enlisted on 5 July 1940 and was killed at sea on board the Hospital Ship Centaur on 14 Ma
Studio portrait of NX70472 Major (Maj) Gordon Richard Jones, 2/2 Field Ambulance, of Waratah, NSW. A medical practitioner in civilian life, Jones enlisted with the Australian Army Medical Corps (AAMC)
MV Centaur, a motor passenger ship of 3223 tons owned by the Ocean Steamship Company Ltd and registered at Liverpool, England, was made available by the Ministry of War Transport for conversion to a h
Studio photograph of NX73152 Private (Pte) John James (Jack) Walder, 2/12th Field Ambulance, of Ashfield, NSW. A storeman prior to enlisting on 26 November 1941, Walder was killed on 14 May 1943 whils
Studio portrait of Matron Sarah Ann Jewell, Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS), of Perth, WA. Matron Jewell enlisted on 21 December 1940, and was killed at sea whilst serving aboard the Hospital S
Studio portrait of VFX65924 Captain Sister (Sr) Eileen Mary Rutherford, Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS), of Hamilton, Vic. Sr Rutherford was killed at sea, aged 33, whilst serving aboard the 2/
