ADAMS, Margaret Lamont
| Service Numbers: | VFX66028, V15479 |
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| Enlisted: | 2 January 1941, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Captain |
| Last Unit: | 2/3 Hospital Ship (Centaur) |
| Born: | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 8 December 1913 |
| Home Town: | Malvern East, Stonnington, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Nurse |
| Died: | Killed in Action, At sea (off Brisbane, Queensland, Australia), 14 May 1943, aged 29 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Augusta Australian Army Nursing Sisters Monument, Australian Military Nurses Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Gold Coast - AHS Centaur Memorial, Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital Centaur Wing, Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital Memorial Rose Garden, Kapunda Dutton Park Memorial Gardens Nurses Plaques, Sydney Memorial (Sydney War Cemetery) Rookwood |
World War 2 Service
| 2 Jan 1941: | Enlisted VFX66028, Melbourne, Victoria | |
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| 2 Jan 1941: | Enlisted VFX66028 | |
| 3 Jan 1941: | Involvement V15479 | |
| 14 May 1943: | Involvement Captain, VFX66028, 2/3 Hospital Ship (Centaur) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
"...VFX66028 Captain Sister Margaret Lamont Adams, Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS), of Melbourne, Vic. Sr Adams enlisted on 13 November 1941, and was killed at sea, aged 29, whilst serving aboard the 2/3rd Australian Military Hospital Ship Centaur. At approximately 4 am on Friday 14 May 1943, during a voyage northwards, the Centaur was off Brisbane at Point Lookout, on Stradbroke Island, when she was struck without warning by a torpedo from a Japanese submarine. A total of 286 lives were lost, including 11 out of the 12 nurses on board." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)
Daughter of Thomas Lamont Adams and Gertrude Margaret Adams, of East Malvern, Victoria.
Margaret was a nurse on board Hospital Ship Centaur which was sunk off the Queensland Coast by enemy action
Medals: 1939-45 Star, Pacific Star, War Medal, Defence Medal
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