Document - Photocopy of a typed account and invitation, Bob Hershaw, AHS Centaur, 2001

Historical information

Brief history of the AHS Centaur hospital ship that was sunk by the Japanese in 1943 with 332 personnel aboard, of whom only 64 survived. In the final paragraph an invitation is extended for any interested members to attend a tree/plaque dedication at the Shrine Reserve on January 21st, 2001, in Melbourne.

Physical description

Two pages of typed text. The first page displays an underlined heading and four paragraphs. The other page has three short typed paragraphs , followed by two lines of handwriting.

Inscriptions & markings

[The typed first line reading TO DARWIN DEFENDERS has been crossed out with a wavy blue ink line]

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