The Hospital Ship Centaur was sunk by the Japanese UBoat at 4.10am off the coast of Queensland - in our waters. She had been watched by the Japanese who knew she had a Red Cross on her side to show the enemy that she was not a warship. Centaur was carrying our wounded men and the nurses that were caring for them. The UBoat captain ignored the Red Cross and sunk the Centaur with a loss of 332 lives - 64 survived the sinking. Later, the Japanese captain was sentenced to four years jail - absolutely ridiculous sentence for the atrocity that he caused.

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