Laura Public School Roll of Honour

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Location East Terrace, Laura, Northern Areas - South Australia, Australia
Type honour_board
Description

Laura Primary School. An elaborate, polished wooden honour board, at the top is a coloured effigy of the Royal Arms of King George V. The board is sectioned into five panels the centre panel has at the top a dedication and crossed flags of Australia and Britain, below this in the centre is a King's crown above an opened top wreath that contains the word OF, a further dedication is between effigies of two soldiers standing at "Rest on Arms Reversed". The lower section is further divided into two columns of names of those who paid the supreme Sacrifice. The outer four columns contains the names of those who served.

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Inscription

Title:

                                                                      LAURA PUBLIC SCHOOL

 

Centre panel:

Top:                                                                           NAMES OF OLD SCHOLARS                                                                                WHO HAVE ENLISTED
                                                                                FOR SERVICE IN THE
                                                                                     AUSTRALIAN
                                                                                        IMPERIAL
                                                                                        FORCES

Centre:

                                                                           THE ROLL OF HONOUR

                                     Soldier                                                                                                Soldier

                                                          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

Condition

MAINTAINED BY: Laura Primary School
PECULIARITIES/DAMAGE: Nil

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Names

Showing 8 people of interest from memorial

TOBIN, William John

Service number 4890
Private
48th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 1 Dec 1888

FARRELL, Reynold

Service number 1919
Private
27th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 13 Apr 1889

WADE, Reuben Harold

Service number 2463
Private
10th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 10 Jan 1897

LINES, David Thomas

Service number 3059
Corporal
Born 11 Jul 1895

SIBLY, Joseph

Service number 3905
Private
50th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 1 Sep 1877

KENTISH, Hugh Spencer

Service number 3064
Corporal
3rd Light Horse Regiment
AIF WW1
Born 2 Apr 1892

WADE, Arnold Arthur

Service number 713
Lance Corporal
27th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 28 Aug 1893

HILLARD, Ivan Joseph

Service number 2468
Sergeant
4th Pioneer Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 10 May 1893

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