People of the Centaur

Men and Women on the 2/3 AHS Centaur

Key

  • FA – 2/12 Field Ambulance
  • FA(AP) – Field Ambulance (Attached Personnel)
  • MNP – Merchant Navy Personnel
  • SMS – Ship’s Medical Staff

Men and women lost at sea

Lost (268)

  1. Deck Boy David Abbott, MNP
  2. Private (Driver) Alan Thomas Adams, FA(AP)
  3. Sister Margaret Lamont Adams, SMS
  4. Private Garth Francis Aitchison, 2/12 FA
  5. Third Engineer George McLean Alexander, MNP
  6. Private (Driver) James Russell Alexander, FA(AP)
  7. Private Frederick William Charles Anderson, FA
  8. Private James Annis-Brown, FA
  9. Private Reginald Annis-Brown, FA
  10. Private William Henry Bailey, FA
  11. Staff Sergeant Thomas Digby Hughes Barlow, FA
  12. Private Wilbur Edward Clarke Barnes, FA
  13. Private (Driver) Aubrey Nicholas Bayly, FA(AP)
  14. Captain (Dentist) Lincoln Leopold Bedkober, FA
  15. Engine Wiper Thomas Owen ‘Tom’ Behan, MNP
  16. Private Keith Edward ‘Ted’ Benton, FA
  17. Corporal Walter Clifford Black, FA
  18. Private Reginald McGregor Blackman, FA
  19. Private Howard Alexander Bladen, FA
  20. Private (Driver) Stanley Robert Bond, FA(AP)
  21. Private Keith Percival Bourchier, FA
  22. Steward John Osborne Bowden, MNP
  23. Private David Llewellyn Bowen, FA
  24. Private Alan Boyd, FA
  25. Private John William Bracken, FA
  26. Sergeant Paul Joseph Bracken, FA
  27. Boatswain Gustav Brandin, MNP
  28. Private Bertram Walter Harmon Brewer, FA
  29. Private Albert Victor Brown, FA
  30. Private John McGregor ‘Jack’ Browne, FA
  31. Storekeeper/Barman John Charles Buck, MNP
  32. Private William Robert Burns, FA(AP)
  33. Private William Eric ‘Bill’ Burrett, SMS
  34. Corporal Stanley Ralph Burroughs, SMS
  35. Private George Francis Bush, FA(AP)
  36. Lance Sergeant George Raymond Bush, FA
  37. Private William John Butt, FA
  38. Chief Steward James Capper, MNP
  39. Assistant Steward Charles Edmond James Carey, MNP
  40. Private William Reginald Carey, FA
  41. Private (Driver) Richard Carlyle Cavanagh, FA(AP)
  42. Lieutenant Leslie North Chadwick, FA
  43. Private Earnest Ainsley Chapman, FA
  44. Fireman’s Attendant Charles Clark, MNP
  45. Private John Mervyn Clark, SMS
  46. Private Leslie Harold Clark, FA
  47. Private Neville S. ‘Nobby’ Clark, FA
  48. Mr W. F. Darwin Clark, SMS (Red Cross)
  49. Private John Allen ‘Jack’ Claydon, FA
  50. Private Percy Lewis Clegg, SMS
  51. Third Cook David Edward Cockerill, MNP
  52. Private (Driver) Basil Douglas Colefax, FA(AP)
  53. Private (Driver) Walter James Colemane, FA(AP)
  54. Corporal Hilton Stuart Collins, FA(AP)
  55. Private Leo Francis Collins, SMS
  56. Lance Corporal Arthur James Cooke, SMS
  57. Major Geoffrey Glover Cooley, SMS
  58. Corporal Kenneth Norman Corbett, FA(AP)
  59. Private Leslie Joseph Cripps, FA
  60. Corporal Harry Robert Thomas Cross, FA
  61. Private Mark Harold Cummings, FA
  62. Second Engineer William David Cuthill, MNP
  63. Private Frederick John Denne, FA
  64. Private James Patrick Doherty, FA
  65. Private Hilary Mervyn Donohoe, FA
  66. Engine Wiper Walter Ross Downie, MNP
  67. Warrant Officer I Cyril Clyde Dutfield, FA
  68. Private (Driver) Graeme Robert Creaghe Etheridge, FA(AP)
  69. Corporal John Klees Evans, FA(AP)
  70. Corporal William Arthur Evans, FA(AP)
  71. Private Gordon Fawcett, FA
  72. Private Henry Sebastian “Harry” Fehrenbach, FA
  73. Sergeant Joseph William Ferrow, FA(AP)
  74. Private Robert Wilson Findlay, FA
  75. Private Charles Edward Fishwick, FA
  76. Captain Stephen Denis Foley, FA
  77. Private John Matthew ‘Jack’ Forrest, FA
  78. Private Alan David Fortier, FA(AP)
  79. Private Fred Lewis Fortier, FA(AP)
  80. Private Cedric Allan Fowler, FA(AP)
  81. Ordinary Seaman Francis William Fox, MNP
  82. Private Victor Friedrich, FA
  83. Engine Wiper John Gallagher, MNP
  84. Private (Driver) Sydney George Galvin, FA(AP)
  85. Sculleryman Francis John Gannon, MNP
  86. Private Donald Raymond Garbutt, FA
  87. Private William Denshire Garfit, FA
  88. Private William Thomas Geaghan, FA
  89. Private Charles Albert Goffett, FA
  90. Private Charles Thomas Gordon, FA
  91. Private William Henry Gore, FA
  92. Greaser Robert Grainger, MNP
  93. Acting Corporal Andrew ‘Dick’ Gunning, FA
  94. Fourth Engineer Harry Royston Hall, MNP
  95. Deck Hand (Attendant) Roger Frederick Hart, MNP
  96. Sister Helen Frances Jane Cynthia Haultain, SMS
  97. Sergeant Keith Robert Haynes, FA
  98. Private Clive Ernest Hayward, FA
  99. Private Thomas Herbert Hayward, FA(AP)
  100. Private James Henry Hembrow, FA
  101. Private Leslie James Henderson, FA
  102. Private Reginald John Hewison, FA
  103. Captain Bernard Francis ‘Bernie’ Hindmarsh, SMS
  104. Private John William Carthew Hoare, FA
  105. Private Norman Alfred Hodgkinson, FA
  106. Private (Driver) Kevin Francis Hogan, FA(AP)
  107. Major Llonda Holland, SMS
  108. Private Samuel George Holloway, FA
  109. Private Alan Howson, SMS
  110. Able Seaman Thomas Stanley ‘Stan’ Hughes, MNP
  111. Private Raymond Robert Hutchison, SMS
  112. Private Vincent Maurice Jackman, FA
  113. Matron Sarah Anne ‘Anne’ Jewell, SMS
  114. Lieutenant Albert Edward Johnson, SMS
  115. Captain Roderick Clarke (Dick) Johnston, 2/12 FA
  116. Private Stanley Reginald Johnston, FA
  117. Temporary Major Gordon Richard Jones, FA
  118. Able Seaman Lauri Kaki, MNP
  119. Private Alvan Roy Kemp, FA
  120. Private John Alexander Kerr, SMS
  121. Private John James Robertson ‘Jack’ Key, FA
  122. Sister Evelyn Veronica King, SMS
  123. Third Radio Operator Robert Moir Laird, MNP
  124. Private Charles Lambert, FA
  125. First Officer Henry Ethelred Lamble, MNP
  126. Captain (Chaplain) The Reverend Ernest George Laverick, SMS
  127. Lance Corporal Robert Law, SMS
  128. Private (Driver) William Thomas ‘Bill’ Lawson, FA(AP)
  129. Private Alexander Ritchie Leask, FA
  130. Private Harold Medcalf Leask, FA
  131. Private Henry Henderson Leask, FA
  132. Able Seaman James LeBlanc, MNP
  133. Lance Corporal Charles Richard LeBrun, SMS
  134. Private Peter Myles Patrick LeGrand, FA
  135. Able Seaman Michael John Lee, 
  136. Acting Corporal Thomas Albert Lee, FA
  137. Warrant Officer II Norman Moss George Lesnie, FA
  138. Private (Driver) Richard Leslie Lillas, FA(AP)
  139. Acting Corporal James John Joseph Loader, FA
  140. Second Pantryman Vincent Lockhart, MNP
  141. Private (Driver) Aubrey Cyril Long, FA(AP)
  142. Able Seaman George Eirmson Long, MNP
  143. Chief Cook Samuel Longden, MNP
  144. Corporal Edward Linton Lotze, FA(AP)
  145. Private Horace Henry ‘Lofty’ Lowe, FA
  146. Private Joseph ‘Joe’ Lucas, FA
  147. Private Frederick John ‘Jack’ Lynagh, FA
  148. Private (Driver) Herbert Lancelot Lyneham, FA(AP)
  149. Private Clement Edward Lynne, FA
  150. Able Seaman John Lyons, MNP
  151. Private Sidney Frank Lyttleton, FA
  152. Printer Donald Ross MacLean, MNP
  153. Private Thomas Edmund McCaskie, FA
  154. Acting Sergeant William Oscar McDougall, FA
  155. Sister Mary Hamilton McFarlane, SMS
  156. Private Herbert James McGuire, FA
  157. Private Owen Patrick McGuire, FA(AP)
  158. Lance Corporal Charles Stanislaus McKay, FA
  159. Cook William James McKinnon, MNP
  160. Private Norman McLean, SMS
  161. Lance Corporal Sydney Gordon McSkimming, FA
  162. Private James K. Mansfield, FA(AP)
  163. Lieutenant Colonel Clement Polson Manson, SMS
  164. Private John Bruce Vance Marshall, FA
  165. Private Allan Francis Maynard, SMS
  166. Private John Cedric Maynard, SMS
  167. Private Eric Emil Melbom, SMS
  168. Lieutenant Ronald Walter Miles, FA
  169. Private Thomas Henry Miley, FA
  170. Private Clwydd Osborne Miller, FA
  171. Able Seaman David Ireland Milligan, MNP
  172. Private Clifford George Montgomery, FA
  173. Corporal Douglas William Moore, SMS
  174. Private John O’Neill ‘Jack’ Moran, FA
  175. Second Steward Albert James Morris, MNP
  176. Second Radio Operator Thomas Venables Morris, MNP
  177. Private Raymond Francis Mort, FA
  178. Corporal Leslie ‘Joe’ Moss, SMS
  179. Sister Myrtle Mary Eileen ‘Merle’ Moston, SMS
  180. Private Gerard Gregory Murphy, FA(AP)
  181. Master George Alexander Murray, MNP
  182. Staff Sergeant Francis John ‘Frank’ Mycock, FA
  183. Sergeant Eric Livingstone Newell, FA
  184. Lance Corporal Michael John O’Brien, FA
  185. Corporal Richard O’Connor, FA
  186. Sister Alice Margaret O’Donnell, SMS
  187. Private Thomas William O’Neill, FA
  188. Corporal Jeremiah Charles O’Sullivan, SMS
  189. Private Henry Victor Oakley, FA
  190. Private Leonard George Ockwell, SMS
  191. Private Hugh Henry Overett, FA
  192. Private (Driver) Elmo Lionel Victor Owens, FA
  193. Able Seaman Elijah Charles ‘Ron’ Page, MNP
  194. Private (Driver) Rex Allan Pain, FA(AP)
  195. Private (Driver) Victor Albert Palmer, FA(AP)
  196. First Baker Sidney Oliver Pearl, MNP
  197. Private Edgar Raymond Perrett, FA
  198. Private Norman E. Perry, SMS
  199. Sergeant Norman Edward Phillips, SMS
  200. Private Athol Richard Povey, FA
  201. Private Edward James Power, FA
  202. Second Baker Thomas E. Pritchard, MNP
  203. Assistant Steward Albert Rayner, MNP
  204. Private Athol Reid, FA
  205. Private Cyril Richardson, FA
  206. Private Harry Frederick Richardson, FA
  207. Private Henry Oxley Roberts, FA
  208. Private Charles Malcolm Stewart Robinson, FA
  209. Lance Corporal Raymond Lawrence Robinson, FA
  210. Sister Eileen Mary Rutherford, SMS
  211. Private Leonard John Salmon, FA
  212. Major Isidor Harry ‘Dick’ Sender, FA
  213. Sister Edna Alice Shaw, SMS
  214. Private Herbert Edward Sheard, FA(AP)
  215. Private George Peace Shepherd, FA(AP)
  216. Head Waiter Fred Siddons, MNP
  217. Private Edward James ‘Bill’ Simpson, FA(AP)
  218. Able Seaman Ernest Basil Simpson, MNP
  219. Private Leonard Rolfe Skafte, FA
  220. Private Major Albion Smellie, SMS
  221. Private Arthur Ephraim South, FA
  222. Carpenter Robert James Spence, MNP
  223. Private John Edward ‘Jack’ Stanley, FA
  224. Private Harold Britton Stephens, FA
  225. Private John Alfred Stevens, FA
  226. Private James Stewart, FA
  227. Second Cook Stanley Louis Strack, MNP
  228. Private Robert George ‘Bobby’ Stubbs, FA
  229. First Radio Operator Eric James Summers, MNP
  230. Private Leonard Roy Swan, FA
  231. Private Sydney Edgar Sweeney, FA(AP)
  232. Private Richard Swinburn, FA
  233. Electrician Keith Sykes, MNP
  234. Private John Taggart, FA
  235. Staff Sergeant James Taylor, FA
  236. Temporary Major Charles Eugene Thelander, FA
  237. Warrant Officer II Allan Keith Thomas, FA(AP)
  238. Captain Gethyn Llewellyn Thomas, SMS
  239. Private John Victor ‘Jack’ Thomas, FA
  240. Private Donald Leo Thompson, FA
  241. Private Hedley William Thompson, FA
  242. Corporal James Thorpe, FA
  243. Private Bryan Stanford Trigg, FA(AP)
  244. Private George Henry Upton, FA
  245. Private Edward Charles Millist Vincent, FA
  246. Private John James ‘Jack’ Walder, FA
  247. Acting Corporal Norman Lindsay Walker, FA
  248. Sister Wendy ‘Jenny’ Walker, SMS
  249. Assistant Steward William Arthur Warner, MNP
  250. Private Ernest Oliver Wattus, FA
  251. Lance Corporal William Clarke West, FA
  252. Private Raymond Henry George Westendorf, 2/12 FA
  253. Lieutenant Sterling Browne Westhorp, FA(AP)
  254. Lieutenant Norman Edward Wythe Wheeler, FA
  255. Private Alan Houghton Williams, FA
  256. Staff Sergeant David Kevin ‘Kevin’ Williams, FA
  257. Private Edgar Francis Williams, FA
  258. Warrant Officer II Laurence Leonard Williams, SMS
  259. Corporal Maurice Avery Williams, SMS
  260. Private Andrew Wilson, FA
  261. Private George Albert Theodore Wilson, FA(AP)
  262. Corporal George Arthur Winder, FA(AP)
  263. Private Arthur Albert Winterflood, FA(AP)
  264. Private Allan Wood, FA
  265. Private Leonard Sydney Wood, FA
  266. Private Clement Woods, FA
  267. Private George Wright, FA
  268. Sister Doris Joyce Wyllie, SMS

Men and women who survived the sinking of 2/3 AHS Centaur

Survivors (64)

  1. Private Jack H. Argent, SMS
  2. Third Mate Ernest ‘Monty’ Banks, MNP
  3. Private John L. ‘Jack’ Bayly, FA(AP)
  4. Private L.E.O. ‘Leo’ Bidmead, SMS
  5. Corporal Albert E. Blair, SMS
  6. Steward/Writer Ronald D. Bull, MNP
  7. Fourth Engineer Maurice A. Cairnie, MNP
  8. Staff Sergeant George R. Carter, SMS
  9. Able Seaman J. ‘Ivan’ Cecich, MNP
  10. Private (Dental Assistant) Fred B. Chidgey, SMS
  11. Able Seaman Owen N. Christensen, MNP
  12. Steward Alex S. Cochrane, MNP
  13. Sergeant William T.C. Cornell, FA
  14. Private Jim Coulsen, SMS
  15. Able Seaman Sammuel J. Cullum, MNP
  16. Second Butcher A. Francis Davidson, MNP
  17. Private (Driver) Alan R. Dickson, FA(AP)
  18. Nightwatchman Frank Drust, MNP
  19. Private Thomas C. Hegarty, SMS
  20. Corporal (Male Nurse) Thomas ‘Tom’ Hobden, SMS
  21. Third Baker Mark Hoggins, MNP
  22. Assistant Cook Trevor Hoggins, MNP
  23. Sergeant (Paymaster) Leonard R. Hooper, SMS
  24. Driver Leslie J. Horgan, FA
  25. Private (Staff Orderly) Ron C. ‘Tich’ Isherwood, SMS
  26. Warrant Officer II James C. Johnson, SMS
  27. Steward Mark Jonassen, MNP
  28. Private Clifford G. Jones, SMS
  29. Lance Corporal Ron ‘Spud’ Jones, FA
  30. Private Percy G. Kelly, SMS
  31. Corporal Keith Lange, FA
  32. Private (Orderly) Vincent McCosker, SMS
  33. Private George W. McGrath, FA(AP)
  34. Fireman William McIntosh, MNP
  35. Corporal Thomas C. Malcolm, SMS
  36. Seamen’s Cook Francis Martin, MNP
  37. Staff Sergeant Dick Medcalf, SMS
  38. Private Fred S.P. Millar, FA
  39. Chief Pantryman Ronald G. Moate, MNP
  40. Donkeyman Stanley Morgan, MNP
  41. Greaser Matthew A. Morris, MNP
  42. Private George S. Murphy, SMS
  43. Lance Corporal Kenneth G. Murray, FA
  44. Lieutenant Colonel Leslie M. Outridge, FA
  45. Printer Martin L. Pash, MNP
  46. Private Rupert Paton, FA
  47. Private Allan Ludlow Pettiford, FA
  48. Able Seaman Alfred Ramage, MNP
  49. Private E. Laurie Ravenscroft, FA
  50. Cook/Sculleryman James A. Rawlings, MNP
  51. Frank T. Reid, Butcher MNP
  52. Second Mate R. Gordon Rippon, MNP
  53. Torres Strait Pilot Richard M. Salt, MNP
  54. Linenkeeper Sidney C. Sandwell, MNP
  55. Sister Ellen Savage, SMS
  56. Chief Engineer Ernest D. Smith, MNP
  57. Steward Jack D. Stutter, MNP
  58. Corporal (Dental Technician) Albert J.Taylor, FA
  59. Private Eric G.W. Taylor, SMS
  60. Lance Corporal Maurice Peter Thomas, SMS
  61. Greaser Walter H. Tierney, MNP
  62. Assistant Steward Arthur Waddington, MNP
  63. Assistant Storeman James Watterston, MNP
  64. Ordinary Seaman Robert K. Westwood, MNP

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2 replies on “People of the Centaur”

  • John Vaughan OAM
    May 19, 2026 at 7:21 am
    Reply

    Their names liveth forevermore. Lest We Forget.
    They served humanity faithfully and fearlessly.

  • Pip Collins
    August 6, 2026 at 2:17 pm
    Reply

    Never forgotten
    My Dad was in 2/24 th Field Ambulance. LB. Downey