Bendemeer Public School Great War Roll of Honour

Details

Location Bendemeer Town Hall, 87 Caroline Street, Bendemeer, Tamworth Municipality - New South Wales, Australia
Type honour_roll
Description

The roll is constructed of dark timber. It is simply designed, and decorated with carved columns on both sides and a carved crown at the top. The names of those who served in the First World War are painted on the middle section of the board in gold.

The memorial was designed and donated by R.D. Dixon from Bendemeer. It was made from timber from the old Bendemeer Bridge, which was demolished in 1904-1905.

The roll was once located in the Bendemeer Public School but is now located in the Bendemeer Town Hall. Access to the memorial is restricted to the opening hours of the Town Hall.

In respect of the memorial board it was made in 1921 and unveiled by Mrs Catherine (Kate) Mary Riordan, [mother of four boys named on the Roll, one of whom made the supreme sacrifice] on Sunday, 4 December 1921

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Built Not yet discovered
Opened 4 December 1921 by Mrs Catherine (Kate) Mary Riordan
Inscription

ROLL OF HONOUR
1914 1919
THE GREAT WAR
BENDEMEER
PUBLIC SCHOOL

In Memoriam.
[Names]

[Names]

Condition

Good

Names

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ADAMSON, Randolph

Service number 359
Private
35th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 18 Aug 1897

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