Adelaide HB11 Government Printing Office WW1 AMOSA Keswick Barracks

ADELAIDE 5000

MEMORIAL:Honour Board                                   

LOCATION: Army Museum of South Australia, Keswick Military Barracks

 

DESCRIPTION:An ornate polished wooden honour board from the Government Printing Office Staff. It is divided into four sections; the upper section contains a coloured ribband and coloured flags of Australia and Britain. The lower section is divided into three columns, the centre column is further divided into two, the upper section contains a soldier standing at 'Rest on Arms Reversed' and text, the lower contains the names of those who paid the supreme sacrifice. The outer columns contain the names of those who served in WW1.  It would appear that the addition of hte names of hte fallen from WWII were added but the Board could not contain the names of thsoe who had served in WW II.

 

INSCRIPTIONS:

 

Top:

 

Ribband:                 

 

                                GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE STAFF

 

                                       NAMES OF THOSE WHO HAVE

 

                                     ENLISTED FOR SERVICE IN THE

 

                                   AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCES

 

Centre panel:

 

Top section:

 

                                      ROLL OF King's crown HONOR

 

                                                          Wreath

 

                              He died the noblest death a man can die

 

                                 Fighting for God, for truth and loyalty,

 

                                       And such a death is immortality

 

                                 Dulce et Decorum est pro Patria mori

 

Lower section:

 

                                                       1914-1919

 

                                                     ANDREW, A.E.

 

                                                     BONNEY, G.E.

 

                                                   CHANDLER, S.H.

 

                                                    IRVING, A.W.J.

 

                                                      THAIN, H.J.

 

                                                       1939-1945

 

                                                   COOMBE, L.A.

 

                                                    MORTER, F.H.

 

                                                 SAUERWALD, R.G.

 

                                                     WOODS, H.A.

 

Left column:                                                                          Right column:

 

AITCHISON, F.C.                                                                   LONGWILL, H.J.D.

 

ANDREW, A.E.                                                                       LUDEMANN, W.H.

 

BOBRIGE, W.H.                                                                      MULLER, W.R.

 

BONNEY, G.E.                                                                        NORTON, S.E.

 

BRIDGLAND, J.L. (M.M.)                                                      POOLE, H.G.

 

CAMERON, A.N.                                                                    ROACH, E.P.

 

CHANDLER, S.H.                                                                   TATE, J.G.

 

CLAYFIELD, S.E.                                                                   THAIN, H.J.

 

FROST, A.C.                                                                          TUCKER, E.B.

 

HALL, S.G. (SGT)                                                                WEST, M.H.T.

 

IRVING, A.W.J.                                                                      WHEATLEY, A.E.

 

LEWRY, J.                                                                              WHITE, E.F. (CPL)

 

MAINTAINED BY: Army Museum of South Australia

 

PECULIARITIES/DAMAGE:Nil

 

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT/DATE:28 Jan 04