
25/08/2025
The Story Behind Tim Bowtell 's Memorial Mural in Stanhope Victoria, at the RSL.
The Stanhope Montevideo Maru mural was officially opened on Saturday 15th April as a memorial to the 1053 Australian POWs who were lost when the ship was torpedoed and sunk by USS Sturgeon.
One of the men who perished was Charles Maher. He was born in Tatura on April 1st, 1902 to Patrick and Mary Ellen Maher (née Hunter). Private Maher was a member of the 2/22nd battalion which was sent to New Britain as part of “Lark Force” to defend Rabaul. After fierce resistance, Charles was taken prisoner after New Britain fell to Japanese forces. Charles spent nearly six months as a POW on New Britain before he was lost on the Montevideo Maru.
More information here
https://www.sheppnews.com.au/news/montevideo-wreckage-found-in-south-china-sea-2/
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Just a week after the unveiling of Stanhope’s Montevideo Maru mural, images of the wreckage of the Japanese prisoner of war transport vessel it depicts have been rel...