Hamilton Newcastle District Tramways Roll of Honor

Details

Location Hamilton Bus Depot, Cnr Denison Street and Gordon Avenue, Hamilton, Newcastle - New South Wales, Australia
Type honour_roll
Description

The front end of a steam tram is enclosed within a square brickwork monument, painted white with a glass front door. A clock has replaced the single head light from the tram and is set to 11 o'clock. A large cross is positioned on top of the memorial and it has a rock garden in the front. It is illuminated at night.

Inscriptions on the back, left and right sides are partially hidden by twin pine trees planted at the rear and growing around the sides. The memorial is on the edge of the grounds of the Gordon Avenue Bus Deport and faces north onto Denision Street.

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Built Not yet discovered
Opened Not yet discovered
Inscription

The cross
1914-1918

Inside - top
Newcastle District Tramways Roll of Honour

On front of tram
For King and Empire Tram number - 54A

Inside bottom
In Honour of the Living and to the Glorious Memory of the Dead

Front at bottom of glass door
1914-18

Left side - east
World War II
For King and Country 1939-45

Rear - south
For King and Country 1914-18

Right side - west
Korea 1950-53 Vietnam 1962-72

Condition

Good

Names

Showing 2 people of interest from memorial

HEPPLE, William Edward

Service number 2322
Private
34th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 25 Jun 1898

TAYLOR, George Henry

Service number 2175
Private
47th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 4 Jun 1897

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