The sinking of the Australian hospital ship Centaur off Queensland during World War Two by an enemy submarine, had a profound effect politically , and a deep emotional impact on the Australian people. Of the [332] aboard only [65] survived. The Centaur's role has long been clouded by controversy. A survivor of the sinking, Thomas Hobden, about the facts of the incident and his personal experience. Thomas believes that rumours circulating of the Centaur being misused under the 1908 Geneva Conventions and transporting troops and ammunition, before the ship's embarkation from Sydney had been received by the Japanese.A large photocopy of a magazine article with a small black and white photo in the top left corner, of a woman and an older man holding an object, and two columns of textwwii, world war two, ww2, australian nurses, queensland, hobart, army, australian army, ray hutchinson, james coulson, ww1 veteran, pacific ocean, mugford, ellen savage, george medal, red cross, seaman's union, minister for the army, allies, australian government, christopher s milligan, able seaman, commonwealth heath department, rembrandt, cat and fiddle arcade