From the December 22, 2009, Australian.
Darwin was really getting a dose of war starting in 1941. Darwin was bombed in February 1942 and three months later, a Japanese mini submarine fired torpedoes in Sydney Harbor.
Brisbane had remained out of the action except for the notorious Battle of Brisbane in late 1942 between American and Australian troops.
Then, came the Centaur.
The survivors were taken to Greenslope Hospital in Brisbane.
Until now, both the Sunshine Coast and Gold Coast have both claimed the Centaur was sunk closest to them. At Caloundra on the Sunshine Coast there is a Centaur Memorial. Also, there is a RSL Centaur Memorial retirement Community and in the RSL foyer, a model of the ship. At the southern end of the Gold Coast, there is another Centaur Memorial at Point Danger.
RSL stands for Retuened and Services League and is a support organization in Australia for servicemen. It started after combining other organizations in 1965. Probably like our Veterans Administration.
And the Story Continues. --Cooter
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