Keswick Prospect Highbury Street Methodist Sunday School Old Scholars Roll of Honour

Details

Location Anzac Highway, Keswick, City of West Torrens - South Australia, Australia
Type honour_board
Description

In the Army Museum Of South Australia, Keswick Barracks. Originally in the Highbury Street Methodist Church, Prospect.

A Blackwood framed hand painted honour sheet, at the top is a silver ribband above an unfurled parchment. At the top are the flags of Australia and Britain, alongside the text and between the names are Battalion colour patches.

Built Not yet discovered
Opened Not yet discovered
Inscription

Ribband:

                                                                   OUR OLD                         SCHOLARS

                                                                                  ROLL OF HONOUR

Parchment:

                                                                HIGHBURY ST METHODIST S SCHOOL

                                                                                            flags

                                                               "Blue and crimson and white it shines
                                                                Over the steel lipped ordered lines
                                                                Hats off !
                                                                The colours before us fly
                                                                But more than the flag is passing by."

Condition

MAINTAINED BY: Army Museum of South Australia
PECULIARITIES/DAMAGE: Several holes caused by parasite activity

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Names

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TREGILGAS, Frank Maidment

Service number 195
Private
32nd Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 20 Jun 1897

GASMIER, Cyril Fred

Service number 2032
Sergeant
32nd Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 24 Aug 1892

GASMIER, Melville Hurtle

Service number 575
Staff Sergeant (CQMS)
2nd Machine Gun Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 29 Dec 1889

HEMSLEY, Cecil Alfred

Service number 2176
Private
48th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 20 Oct 1893

BASTIAN, Thomas John Sampson

Service number 3016
Private
27th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 25 Aug 1878

HEWITT, Charles Thomas

Service number 2177
Private
48th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1

BOSISTO, Russell George

Service number 1038
Private
27th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 18 Aug 1893

WATKINS, Leslie Charles

Service number 2665
Private
1st Depot Unit of Supply
11th Army Service Corps
AIF WW1
Born 9 Oct 1892

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