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Plaque 1
In memory of the employees of the Australian Gas Light Co. Who gave their lives for King and Country in the 1914 1918 World War.
Plaque 2
This tablet was unveiled by His Excellency The Governor Sir D R S de Chair, KCB, MVO, on the 25th August 1926.
Plaque 3
1939 - 1945 In memory of all who served in World War II and of those who gave their lives. 'Lest We Forget'.
Stone base
Lest We Forget |
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Very good condition
Sir Dudley de Chair, the State Governor, yesterday unveiled a tablet at the works of the Australian Gaslight Co.at Mortlake that has been erected by the company and its employees to the memory of 43 men from the Mortlake Gasworks who fell in the war. The Governor, attended by Mr. M. E. Penfold (Private Secretary), was received by Mr. G. J. Cohen (chairman of directors), Mr A. Wilson (general manager and secretary), Mr. Williams (assistant secretary), and a large proportion of the 1300 men employed at the works attended the function. Mr. Cohen expressed pleasure at the Governor's visit, and stated that 340 employees, of the Mortlake works had engaged in the war. Mr. Slattery, representative of the Gas Employees' Union, also welcomed the Governor. Sir Dudley de Chair said he was pleased to assist in doing honor to the men who had fallen in battle. Those who had engaged in and been fortunate to come through the war well knew what the Empire owed the men who had fought. He was glad that the initiative in so worthy a movement to perpetuate the memory of the fallen men by the erection of that tablet had come from the management, as by it there was created a bond between employer and employee that would be hard to break. The Governor was entertained at luncheon and afterwards inspected the huge gasworks.
Daily Telegraph (Sydney, NSW), 27 August 1926. |