From the September 25th Brisbane (Au) Times "After 67 years 'cloud of sorrow' finally lifted" by Daniel Hurst.
Mary Sutton, Tom Bracken and Peter Bracken attended the ceremony. They lost two brothers when the Centaur was torpedoed, Paul and John Bracken.
Martin Pash, a Centaur survivor, was also there and remembers spending 36 hours in the water before being rescued.
The memorial service was held on the HMAS Manoora on September 24th.The ship was over the wreck of the Centaur. More than 300 attended the service. Most were relatives of the 268 who died that day and the 64 survivors who were rescued bu the destroyer USS Mugford.
"I cried and threw the wreath over for my brothers. Now, I'm going to a pub and going to have a beer for me."
The Centaur's final resting place was found by UK-based shipwreck-hunter David Mearms 48 kilometers east of the southern tip of Moreton Island.
More to Come. --Cooter
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