| Place | Oceania: Australia, Queensland |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | S00331 |
| Collection type | Sound |
| Measurement | 16 min 59 sec |
| Object type | Oral history |
| Physical description | audio cassette; unknown; mono |
| Maker |
Rippon, Richard G Rippon, Richard G |
| Place made | United Kingdom: England, United Kingdom: England, Yorkshire |
| Date made | 5 October 1979 |
| Access | Open |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Unlicensed copyright |
| Copying Provisions | Copyright restrictions apply. Permission of copyright holder required for any use and/or reproduction. |
Captain Richard G Rippon (Rtd), as Second Officer of the Australian Hospital Ship Centaur, reads his account of its sinking by a Japanese Submarine on 14 May 1943, recorded for Professor Christopher Milligan
Description
Richard Gordon Rippon was Second Officer on the Australian Hospital Ship Centaur when it was sunk by a Japanese submarine on 14th May 1943. This recording is a reading of a letter he wrote, while recovering in a Brisbane hospital, to his father in which he gives an account of his experience of the sinking.
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