Showing 3 items matching "ahs centaur memorial"
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Returned Nurses RSL Sub-branchPhotograph - Photograph on photo paper, [2001]
... ...AHS Centaur Memorial...Event photography, Cate Hewins at Australian Hospital Ship (AHS) Centaur Memorial dedication, 21st of January 2001....Unframed, printed colour photograph on photo paper of Cate Hewins at the Australian Hospital Ship (AHS) Centaur Memorial dedication event on the 21st of January 2001....Returned Nurses RSL Sub-branch ANZAC House Level 3 4 Collins Street Melbourne Event photography, Cate Hewins at Australian Hospital Ship (AHS) Centaur Memorial dedication, 21st of January 2001. ...Event photography, Cate Hewins at Australian Hospital Ship (AHS) Centaur Memorial dedication, 21st of January 2001.Unframed, printed colour photograph on photo paper of Cate Hewins at the Australian Hospital Ship (AHS) Centaur Memorial dedication event on the 21st of January 2001."AHS Centaur Dedication 21-1-2001 Cate Hewins" [Handwritten in pencil on the back of the photo]ww2, world war two, world war ii, world war 2, cate hewins, ahs centaur memorial -
Returned Nurses RSL Sub-branchPhotograph - 5.5x4 coloured photograph, 1996
... AHS Centaur Memorial...Centaur Memorial along with theUnited States Destroyer, USS Mugford Memorial were unveiled on 14 May 1993, the 50th anniversary of the sinking of the Australian Hospital Ship. The Walk of Remembrance is dedicated to the memorial of the men and women who lost their lives in the forty-one Allied and Australian Naval and Merchant ships sunk along Australia's coastline during World War Two. It is planned to place a marker in the ground adjacent to the pyramid; this marker and the point of the pyramid will align with the site of the sinking. [Taken from ANZAC Square record] AHS ...Centaur Memorial in Tweed Heads In Queensland. 'Memorial information: Description- A steel pyramid supported by a 15 tonne pink granite stone from Turallin near Millmerran on the Darling Downs. The bolder symbolises the ecology, the pyramid represents the spirit of those who died in the Centaur sinking and the whole effect is of flotation. The tip of the pyramid can be removed to expose an oil fuelled lamp which burns on the night of the anniversary of the sinking. Scrolls containing the names of those on board are also contained in the pyramid. A Walk of Remembrance leads from the memorial to the cliff top. The Centaur Memorial along with theUnited States Destroyer, USS Mugford Memorial were unveiled on 14 May 1993, the 50th anniversary of the sinking of the Australian Hospital Ship. The Walk of Remembrance is dedicated to the memorial of the men and women who lost their lives in the forty-one Allied and Australian Naval and Merchant ships sunk along Australia's coastline during World War Two. It is planned to place a marker in the ground adjacent to the pyramid; this marker and the point of the pyramid will align with the site of the sinking. [Taken from ANZAC Square record] Coloured photograph of a stone memorial set in a pond with a concrete edge and surrounded by small stones. The pond is on flat grassy land and behind it are stone steps for seating. In the background are trees and a pavillion.'Centaur / Memorial. / Danger Pond / Tweed Heads' [Handwritten in blue ink on the back of the photograph] 'SEP 96 05633 M8NAA' [Printed on the back of the photograph]ahs centaur memorial, centaur, war memorials, tweed heads, queensland war memorials -
Returned Nurses RSL Sub-branchDocument - Invitation, Repatriation General Hospital, Heidelberg, Invitation to the re-dedication of memorial plaque (Repatriation Hospital Heildelberg) AHS 'Centaur', 1986
... Invitation to the re-dedication of memorial plaque (Repatriation Hospital Heildelberg) AHS 'Centaur'...A personal invitation to Miss E Graham to attend the Ceremony to Commemorate the Re-Dedication of the Memorial Plaque erected in honour of the Nursing Sisters who lost their lives on the AHS "Centaur" and in Malaya during World War 2. ...Returned Nurses RSL Sub-branch ANZAC House Level 3 4 Collins Street Melbourne A personal invitation to Miss E Graham to attend the Ceremony to Commemorate the Re-Dedication of the Memorial Plaque erected in honour of the Nursing Sisters who lost their lives on the AHS "Centaur" and in Malaya during World War 2. ...A personal invitation to Miss E Graham to attend the Ceremony to Commemorate the Re-Dedication of the Memorial Plaque erected in honour of the Nursing Sisters who lost their lives on the AHS "Centaur" and in Malaya during World War 2. The ceremony was to be held in the Memorial Rose Garden at the Repatriation General Hospital in Heidelberg on 18th September, 1986.Personal invitation for re-dedication of plaque 1986. On the front of the invitation is a blue ink print of a garden with a flagpole in the centre. The words 'Memorial Rose Garden / Repatriation General Hospital, Heidelberg' are below. Inside the invitation is mostly printed with blue ink, except the name 'MISS E GRAHAM', which is black. The edges of the card are scalloped.e graham, wwii, ww2
