Townsville Railway Station Roll of Honour

Details

Location Old Townsville Railway Station, Flinders and Blackwood Streets, Townsville, Queensland, Australia
Type honour_roll
Description

Comprises of 11 panels set into a framework of carved cabinet timbers, constructed by Alfred Hammett. There are 10 panels each listing 45 names, the 11th panel with 18 names making 469 names in all commemorating employees of the Queensland Railways in Townsville who served in World War One.

Built Alfred Hammett
Opened 15 April 1916
Inscription

Carving above the scroll :

Honourable John Adamson Minister for Railways

Centre of scroll:
QGR

On the scroll: left,

Colonel Charles Evans Commissioner for Railways

On the scroll : right,

Colonel William Pagan Deputy Commissioner for Railways

Headboard below scroll:

August 1914 to Nov. 1919

HONOUR THE BRAVE

RAILWAY PATRIOTS OF THE NORTHERN DIVISION WHO VOLUNTEERED TO FIGHT FOR TH EMPIRE

[ Names ]

Condition

Good

Names

Showing 8 people of interest from memorial

HUME, John David

Service number 802
Lance Corporal
42nd Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 1895

GREGORY, Ernest Francis

Service number 181
Corporal
41st Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 22 Apr 1895

NORRIS, William John

Service number 4759
Private
31st Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 20 Jan 1892

RAMKEMA, John Patrick

Service number Q141059
Sergeant
Works / Labour / Employment / 'Alien' Company/ies
Australian Military Forces (WW2)
Born 29 Oct 1894

READ, Eric Falconer

Service number 3532
Sergeant
2nd Pioneer Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 6 Mar 1893

WENTFORD, Jack Frederick James

Service number 584
Trooper
2nd Light Horse Regiment
AIF WW1

PATTERSON, John Etheridge

Service number 2625
Private
42nd Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1

DALE, Joseph Henry

Service number 3313
Gunner
3rd Field Artillery Brigade
AIF WW1
Born 1870

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