Lots of news about the discovery of the wreck of the Australian Hospital Ship Centaur.
Gold Coast News, December 21, 2009.
Gold Coast doctor Ross Evans says he won't believe it's the centaur until he sees actual pictures as he believes it wasn't as far off shore as Mearns found it. He believes it to be in the trawling area as based on what one trawler man had found.
Courier Post, December 20, 2009.
Martin Pash, 87, one of the three remaining Centaur survivors heard about the discovery on his car radio in Melbourne.
He spent 36 hours in the ocean after the torpedoing after being sucked down into a hatch while the ship was sinking , but fought his way to the surface. On May 14, 1943, he was a 20-year-old merchant seaman. He said many were killed outright by the explosion and others drowned.
He discounts rumors that the ship was carrying ammunition.
The other two survivors won't talk about their experience.
The Greatest Generation.
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