Gunnedah Public School WW1 Honour Roll

Details

Location Carinya Christian School, 48 Elgin Street, Gunnedah, New South Wales, Australia
Type honour_roll
Description

This marble honour roll features a scroll with the names of former Gunnedah Public School students who served in the First World War. It is decorated with the British and Australian flags at the top, flanking the Rising Sun military emblem. It also features the tesselated tiles symbolism and the classic columns from the Masonic Lodge Order. Apart from the off-white marble, the memorial also features coloured granite.

Built M W Hardy of Narrabri, NSW
Opened by Gunnedah Mayoress Mrs McDonagh
Inscription

GUNNEDAH PUBLIC SCHOOL HONOUR ROLL

Australian Commonwealth Military Forces

For King and Country

1914 1919

[Names]

Condition

Good

Names

Showing 8 people of interest from memorial

MCDONAGH, Harley Linton

Service number 3423
Private
1st Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born Oct 1895

PODGER, John Thomas

Service number 3249
Private
53rd Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 1 Mar 1894

BLOOMFIELD, John

Service number 16
Lance Sergeant
34th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 1893

PODGER, Charles Edward

Service number 1358
Bombardier
2nd Field Artillery Brigade
AIF WW1
Born 9 Aug 1897

MARTIN, Percy William

Service number 2147
Private
1st Pioneer Battalion
AIF WW1
Born Jan 1894

BENNING, Harold Vincent

Service number 4647
Private
1st Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 8 Jun 1897

READING, George

Service number 1432
Private
36th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born May 1895

MCDONAGH, Leslie Stuart

Service number 631
Private
2nd Light Horse Regiment
AIF WW1
Born 1 Mar 1891

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