Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Back to the AHS Centaur-- Part 2

The $4 million search for the Centaur's final resting place was financed by both Australian state and federal funds.

At the ceremony on September 24rh, "The Last Post" was played by bugler Andy Aitchison and the ship's bell rung 268 times, once for each victim. The ashes of three loved ones were also scattered overboard.

Some of the relatives aboard the HMAS Manoora:

David McFarlane-- his aunt was nurse Mary McFarlane.

Jan Thomas-- secretary of 2/3 AHS Centaur Association. Was six when her father, Captain Bernard Hindmarsh died. She recalled a girl at her school desperately needing penicillin which was not available to civilians. Her dad came home with the needed drug and saved her life.

Irene Burrows received a telegram about the loss of her two brothers.

Mrs. Butcher's older brother, Private Bill Lawson, died.

Barry McCosker's father, Vince, was 20 and was one of 26 who survived in a single life boat. he later died in 1998.

The wreck is at 27 degrees 16.98' S and 153 degrees 9.22' E.

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