ARTV09088 - Work, save, fight and so avenge the nurses!
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Image copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
- ID number
- ARTV09088
- Title
- Work, save, fight and so avenge the nurses!
- Artist
- Whitmore, Bob
- Object type
- Poster
- Place made
- Unknown
- Date made
- c 1943-1945
- Medium
- photolithograph, coloured inks on paper
- Measurement
- overall: 50.2 x 63 cm
- Collection
- Art
- Description
- Depicts the Hospital ship, 'Centaur' being attacked by the Japanese off the coast of Queensland, during the Second World War. In the water below the ship are a number of nurses and sailors from the ship. The sinking of H S Centaur took place off the Queensland coast on 14 May 1943 and 268 lives were lost, including 11 out of 12 nurses. The poster depicts moments after the ship was torpedoed; it sank in just three minutes.
Permalink: http://cas.awm.gov.au/item/ARTV09088
