Glenelg and District WW1 & WW2 Honour Board

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Location Jetty Road, Glenelg, Holdfast Bay - South Australia, Australia
Type honour_board
Description

In the foyer of the Town Hall. An ornate memorial constructed of Queensland Maple comprising four WW1 centre panels and one WW2 panel, the far left panel with later added WWI names is above a door to an office. Originally the memorial contained additional panels with the names those who served during WW2 but was later removed, leaving only the panel with the names of those who fell. The boards contain the 614 names of those who served in WW1 and the 119 who fell and 87 who fell during WW2.

 

WWI panels on Sunday 8 November 1924 by the Mayor of Glenelg Hon. H. Tassie. WW2 panels by Governor Sir Robert George on 10 December 1955

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Built WW1 panels by Pengelley and Co. WW2 panels by Freeman, Wauchope Ltd. The names were painted by Mr. Rex Hart.
Opened Not yet discovered
Inscription

Centre panel

                                                          1914                                                       1919

                                                                  Insignia of the Glenelg City Council

Ribband:

                                                                            SOLDIERS MEMORIAL

                                                                               THOSE WHO FELL

 

Left panel:

                                                                              THE GREAT WAR

 

Right panel:

                                                                                  HONOR ROLL

 

Left column:

Insignia of the A.I.F.

 

Right column:

                                                                                 Insignia of the A.I.F.

                                                                                         THOSE

                                                                                       WHO FELL

                                                                                       1939-1945

Condition

MAINTAINED BY: Holdfast Bay Council
PECULIARITIES/DAMAGE: It appears by the construction, that the board has been modified to be incorporated in its current location, as the top structure has been clipped at both ends. Further investigation required.

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Names

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LILLIE, Harold Thomas

Service number 1863
Sapper
Born 27 Sep 1891

TOOVEY, Claude Henry St Leonard

Service number 1078
Private
10th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born Nov 1894

HENDRY, John Neill

Service number 3147
Corporal
27th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 28 Aug 1888

DOWDING, George John Thomas

Service number 48620
Corporal
Royal Australian Air Force
Royal Australian Air Force
Born 24 Aug 1895

HILLER, Geoffrey Edward

Service number 407075
Sergeant
No. 3 Squadron (RAAF)
Royal Australian Air Force
Born 27 Feb 1916

SCOTT, Reynold John

Service number 1514
Lieutenant
45th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
AIF WW1
Born Jan 1889

HEMING, Hector Roy

Service number S75033
Major
Born 28 Oct 1888

NEWBOLD, John Bert

Service number 2813
Private
1st Divisional Salvage Company
AIF WW1
Born 23 Dec 1896

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