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๐๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐›๐š๐ง๐ž ๐–๐–๐ˆ๐ˆ ๐Œ๐ž๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐š๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐œ๐š๐ฆ๐ฉ๐š๐ข๐ ๐ง๐ž๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ž๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง ๐ก๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐‚๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ

Peter Rasey is an author, podcaster, YouTuber and active member of the Australian American Association. He researches Australiaโ€™s military history for memorialisation purposes, particularly within the Brisbane area, and has done so since 1988. Among many other initiatives, he has made over 380 contributions to the 'Places of Pride' website, the Australian War Memorial's national register of war memorials project.

Peter has approached the Centaur Association to help promote his latest campaign. He is asking the public to support a proposal for a grove of trees opposite the Canon Garland Overpass to honour all of the Centaur nurses. He explains more on his YouTube site โ€˜Brisbane WWII, with a post regarding his petition - Centaur Nurses Grove Petition BCC Petition number 1597 Ward - found here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8NdQl8ZwJU

The Centaur Association is inviting their members to participate as individuals if they feel the cause worthy. Peter Rasey recently spoke with the Association's President, Tom Evans, explaining to him that: โ€œ๐‘–๐‘ก ๐‘–๐‘  โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘‘ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘๐‘’๐‘™๐‘–๐‘’๐‘ฃ๐‘’, ๐‘๐‘ข๐‘ก ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘ ๐‘ฆ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ โ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘ค ๐ต๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘’ โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘  ๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘ก โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘‘ ๐‘Ž ๐‘ ๐‘ข๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘™๐‘’ ๐‘€๐‘’๐‘š๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘Ž๐‘™ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘˜๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐ถ๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ (๐ถ๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ ๐ป๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐ถ๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ ๐‘€๐‘’๐‘š๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘Ž๐‘™ ๐น๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘ก๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” - ๐ธ๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘  ๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘ก๐‘’). ๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฃ๐‘–๐‘ฃ๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘  ๐‘ค๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘๐‘ฆ ๐‘Ž ๐‘๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘’ ๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฃ๐‘–๐‘๐‘’๐‘‘, ๐‘Ž๐‘  ๐‘–๐‘ก โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘๐‘’๐‘›๐‘’๐‘‘, ๐‘๐‘ฆ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐ถ๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘ฆ ๐‘‚๐‘“ ๐ต๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘’ ๐‘†๐‘ž๐‘ข๐‘Ž๐‘‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘๐‘ข๐‘š๐‘๐‘’๐‘Ÿ 23 ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐ฟ๐‘œ๐‘ค๐‘œ๐‘œ๐‘‘, ๐‘—๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘ก ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘ ๐‘ก ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐ถ๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž ๐‘‘๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘Š๐‘Š๐ผ๐ผ. ๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘’ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐ถ๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ ๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘–๐‘๐‘ค๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘๐‘˜ ๐‘ค๐‘Ž๐‘  ๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘ก ๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘™ 2009. ๐ผ๐‘ก ๐‘–๐‘  35 ๐‘›๐‘Ž๐‘ข๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘™ ๐‘š๐‘–๐‘™๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘‘๐‘ข๐‘’ ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘ ๐‘ก ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐ต๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘’ ๐ถ๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘ฆ ๐‘‡๐‘œ๐‘ค๐‘› ๐ป๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘™. ๐‘†๐‘œ ๐‘๐‘™๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘ ๐‘’ ๐‘ ๐‘ข๐‘๐‘๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘ก ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘’๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘›โ€

See the link below to access the petition submission https://www.epetitions.brisbane.qld.gov.au/petition/view/pid/1597

Peter has proposed that a Memorial of Trees be planted opposite Canon Garland overpass, mirroring the WWI nurses grove in Anzac Park, Toowong QLD. Anzac Park, is Australia's first so-named, and Peter believes it is a most suitable site to mark the 85th Anniversary of the sinking of the AHS Centaur, which will occur in 2028.

Peter goes on to explain that โ€œ๐ด๐‘›๐‘ง๐‘Ž๐‘ ๐‘ƒ๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘˜ โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘  ๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘™ ๐‘š๐‘’๐‘š๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘  ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘Š๐‘Š๐ผ. ๐ป๐‘œ๐‘ค๐‘’๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ, ๐‘–๐‘› 1992, ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐ด๐‘›๐‘ง๐‘Ž๐‘ ๐ท๐‘Ž๐‘ฆ ๐ต๐‘œ๐‘ก๐‘ก๐‘™๐‘’๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘’ ๐‘ค๐‘Ž๐‘  ๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘ ๐‘๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘ฆ ๐ฟ๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘‘ ๐‘€๐‘Ž๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘†๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘™๐‘ฆ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘›๐‘’ ๐ด๐‘ก๐‘˜๐‘–๐‘›๐‘ ๐‘œ๐‘›. ๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐ต๐‘œ๐‘ก๐‘ก๐‘™๐‘’๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘’ ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘“๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘  ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘™ ๐‘ค๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘  โ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘œ๐‘› ๐ด๐‘›๐‘ง๐‘Ž๐‘ ๐ท๐‘Ž๐‘ฆ. ๐‘€๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘™๐‘ฆ, ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘Ž๐‘™ ๐ท๐‘’๐‘“๐‘’๐‘›๐‘๐‘’ ๐ถโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘–๐‘›๐‘  ๐‘€๐‘’๐‘š๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘Ž๐‘™ ๐บ๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐‘ค๐‘Ž๐‘  ๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘™๐‘–๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘‘, โ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘™ ๐ท๐‘’๐‘“๐‘’๐‘›๐‘๐‘’ ๐ถโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘–๐‘›๐‘  ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘œ ๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฃ๐‘–๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘–๐‘Ÿ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ". One plaque will be dedicated to Centaurโ€™s own Padre, Captain (Chaplain) The Reverend Earnest George Laverick. Reverend Laverick had served at various POW and military camps in Victoria before being appointed to chaplain on the Centaur, later becoming one of many casualties.

Peter would also like to highlight, that if you do wish to sign the petition, that you please note the following submission steps:

1) For those living outside of Brisbane Council ward areas, when answering the Wards question, from the drop-down list, select the first option 'Live outside of Brisbane'.

2) Next, select whether you are a Brisbane Resident or not a Brisbane Resident.
Both of these questions need to be answered otherwise the signed petition will not process.

3) The Brisbane Council will then send you an email to the email address you had entered with your submission, asking you to confirm your petition submission - simply click on the link in the email to confirm and finalise. This is important as your submission will not be accepted unless this step has been completed.
TIP: Please check your junk/spam folder in case this confirmation request email ends up in there.

Photo Caption: ๐ด๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘–๐‘Ž๐‘› ๐ด๐‘Ÿ๐‘š๐‘ฆ ๐ถโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘–๐‘›, ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘‰๐‘’๐‘›๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘™๐‘’ ๐‘…๐‘œ๐‘ ๐‘†๐‘ข๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘, ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐ด๐‘Ÿ๐‘š๐‘ฆ ๐‘€๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘ข๐‘š ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘†๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘กโ„Ž ๐‘„๐‘ข๐‘’๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ ๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘๐‘ก๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ, ๐ถ๐ด๐‘ƒ ๐ด๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘™๐‘’ ๐ถ๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘ก๐‘ , ๐‘๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘‘๐‘’ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘š๐‘’๐‘š๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘ž๐‘ข๐‘’ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก, ๐‘ ๐‘œ๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘Ž๐‘“๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘œ๐‘“๐‘“๐‘–๐‘๐‘–๐‘Ž๐‘™ ๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘โ„Ž ๐‘๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘š๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘ฆ ๐‘œ๐‘› 9 ๐‘‚๐‘๐‘ก๐‘œ๐‘๐‘’๐‘Ÿ 2019, ๐ท๐‘‡๐‘€๐‘… ๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘“๐‘“ ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘™๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘‘๐‘’ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ (๐ด๐‘›๐‘ง๐‘Ž๐‘ ๐‘ƒ๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘˜ ๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘‘๐‘’) ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘ก๐‘’ ๐‘œ๐‘›-๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘š๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐ถ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘› ๐บ๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘‚๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘ ๐‘ , ๐‘๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘‘๐‘’ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘Š๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘› ๐น๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘’๐‘ค๐‘Ž๐‘ฆ. ๐‘ƒโ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ฆ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘ƒ๐‘’๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐ถ๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘™๐‘–๐‘›๐‘  ๐ถ๐บ๐‘€๐‘€.

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