Wickham "Citizens of Wickham" Volunteers Honour Roll

Details

Location Mayfield - Waratah RSL Sub-Branch, 48 Baker Street, Wickham, Newcastle - New South Wales, Australia
Type honour_board
Description

Queensland maple frame, timber backing, hand crafted, designed and executed by Messrs. W. Bennett and Sons, of Charlton Street, Wickham, N.S.W. It stands 10 feet high, 4 feet wide, 190 names inscribed with 201 names later inscribed, a total of 391 names, a magnificent achievement.

On the 26th February 1916, the 1st of 2 Roll of Honour boards was unveiled in the Wickham Council Chambers, to honour 190 soldiers of the district serving in the Great War. Also, the foundation stone of a memorial to those who fell was laid at the front of the chambers (unveiled on the 24th May 1916, 7 names were inscribed to those who had fallen during the war, 87 names later inscribed).

The Council Chambers was packed to the verge of suffocation to witness the unveiling, a fine piece of artistic workmanship.

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Built 1916
Opened 26 February 1916
Inscription

Erected by the Citizens of Wickham, Volunteers to the Great European War
1914 - 1919
(Names)

Condition

Good

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Names

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FAIRBAIRN, Norman Stanley Bathurst

Service number 3759
Corporal
13th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 7 May 1891

TOLL, Thorold

Service number 2695
Private
4th Machine Gun Company
AIF WW1
Born 24 Apr 1894

BURROWS, Harry

Service number 86985
Corporal
Special Services AIF
AIF WW1
Born 28 Feb 1892

PARDEY, Leslie James

Service number 871
Private
55th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born Nov 1893

DANN, Alfred James

Service number 2128
Private
31st Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born Oct 1885

ALLEN, Robert William

Service number 5313
Private
19th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 8 Dec 1876

DUTHIE, George Laing

Service number 748
Sergeant
34th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 12 Dec 1891

HUMPHREYS, William Joseph Harold

Service number 3964
Driver
13th Field Artillery Brigade
AIF WW1
Born 26 Oct 1896

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