Horn Island Torres Strait Honour Roll

Details

Location Torres Strait Heritage Museum, 1 Miskin Street, Horn Island, Queensland, Australia
Type honour_roll
Description

Framed typed honour roll

Built Not yet discovered
Opened Not yet discovered
Inscription

We salute these Australian soldiers who lost their lives on Horn Island in the defence of the Torres Strait during World War 2

Torres Light Infantry Battalion
Murray Island Sabai Island
[ Names ]

Torres Light Infantry Battalion
Murray Island Sabai Island
Yorke Island Thursday Island
Weipa Bado Island Aurukun
​[ Names ]

The following servicemen were buried on Horn Island for the duration of the war

Royal Australian Air Force [ Names ]

H.M.A.S. Moreton [ Name ]

RANR HMA ML 1624 [ Name ]

Tprres Strait Pnr Coy [ Name ]

49 Battalion [ Name ]

5 Machine Gun Battalion [ Name ]

34 AA Bty [ Name ]

18 A/Tk Bty [ Name ]

150 Gen Tpt Coy [ Names ]

11 AA [ Names ]

Condition

Fair

Names

Showing 3 people of interest from memorial

MEMBREY, Aubrey Vernon

Service number 70539
Flight Lieutenant
Born 28 Mar 1899

PORTER, Sydney Larner

Service number 412681
Flying Officer
No. 23 Squadron (RAAF)
Royal Australian Air Force
Born 13 Jul 1920

MITCHELL, Walter Harold

Service number VX15157
Major
Born 11 Oct 1914

Showing 2 of 2 images.
Click images to start slideshow.