| Location | East Gippsland Historical Society Museum, 40 Macarthur Street, Bairnsdale, East Gippsland - Victoria, Australia |
| Type | honour_roll |
| Description | Wooden Honour Board The Loyal Mitchell Lodge of the Manchester Unity of Oddfellows was established at Bairnsdale 52 years ago. The jubilee anniversary of the date of the foundation therefore occurred two years ago. The Great War was however then still in progress. Many of the brethren of the lodge were still on active service abroad, doing loyal and patriotic service. That was felt to be no time for the celebration of rejoicings, even over the career of this the oldest friendly society in Bairnsdale. Celebration of the jubilee was therefore postponed, amid was held over until last Thursday night when there was a fine gathering in the mechanics of the brethren and their lady friends and others to commemorate the great occasion; also to welcome home the soldier brethren who had returned to do honor to the memory of those who had fallen in this field, and to witness the unveiling of the honor roll, which perpetuates the names of the 36 soldier brethren who had served their country, and specially - the twelve who were numbered among the slain.
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| Built | Not yet discovered |
| Opened | Not yet discovered |
| Inscription | GREAT EUROPEAN WAR 1914 ROLL OF HONOR 1918 Loyal Mitchell Lodge M.U.I.O.O.F.
(Names) Members who made Supreme Sacrifice (Names) Bear ye one anothers burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ. 1939 War 1945 [ Names ] |
| Condition | Good |
Showing 2 people of interest from memorial
Service number 4476
Private
23rd Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 1893
Service number 2492
Private
Born Jun 1895
