Halls Gap Honour Roll

Details

Location Halls Gap Centenary Hall, 115 Grampians Road, Halls Gap, Northern Grampians - Victoria, Australia
Type honour_board
Description

The honour board is a beautiful polished oak board, with relief carving and the names of the soldiers, engraved in letters of gold.

The residents of Hall's Gap attended in strong force at the Public Hall on Saturday evening for the purpose of taking part in the unveiling of the honor roll for the soldiers of the district who had enlisted for active service. Although the district is only a small one seven lads have shown their patriotism by enlisting and taking their share in fighting the Empire's battle. The honor board is a beautiful polished oak board, with relief carving and the names of the soldiers, as follows, engraved in letters of gold : Corp. C. W. D'Alton. Corp. L. P. Warren. Pte. F. E. Warren (killed in action) Trooper J. C. Cumming. Pte. S. Smith. Pte. J. K. D'Alton. Pte. W. Cumming.
Stawell News and Pleasant Creek Chronicle (Vic),
12 September 1917.

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Built Not yet discovered
Opened 8 September 1917
Inscription

THE GREAT WAR, 1914 -18.
HALL`S HONOR ROLL GAP

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Condition

Good

Names

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WARREN, Francis Edgar

Service number 616
Private
8th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 1893

CUMMING, John Currie

Service number 1497
Trooper
3rd Light Horse Brigade Machine Gun Squadron
AIF WW1
Born 1888

D'ALTON, James Roi

Service number 176
Lance Corporal
3rd Pioneer Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 12 Oct 1888

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