Brisbane State High School Honour Board

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Location Resource Centre, Brisbane State High School, Cordelia Street and Glenelg Street, South Brisbane, Brisbane - Queensland, Australia
Type honour_roll
Description

A large, tri-panelled Honour Board, which incorporates the Roll of Honour for alumni who served during the First and Second World Wars. The flanks of the main Roll list additional school and heritage rolls.

The main central Roll lists 53 individuals from WWI and 417 from WWII. Of the WWI Alumni, nine died on active service and one each served with the American Expeditionary Forces and South African Forces, respectively. Of the WWII Alumni, 53 died on active service. The names are listed alphabetically for the WWI names and half of the WWII names, with the remaining signifying that many individuals were included in addenda as they were recognised. There are one and half columns of names for WWI and eight and a half for WWII.

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Inscription

ALUMNI LAUDE [SCHOOL CREST] DIGNI MAXIMA

1914–1918 [Names]

[Names]

1939–1945

[Names]
Condition

Good

Names

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O'DONNELL, Ronald James

Service number QX13768
Sergeant
2nd/10th Field Regiment
Australian Military Forces (WW2)
Born 27 Feb 1918

O'FARRELL, Raymond Herbert

Service number 405321
Flight Lieutenant
No. 7 Squadron (RAAF)
Royal Australian Air Force
Born 22 Apr 1920

DE COSIER, Matthew Henry Ivor

Service number 405575
Flying Officer
No. 453 Squadron (RAAF)
Royal Australian Air Force
Born 3 Oct 1922

BRENNAN, Virgil Paul

Service number 404692
Flight Lieutenant
No. 79 Squadron (RAAF)
Royal Australian Air Force
Born 6 Mar 1920

BIGGS, Frederick John

Service number 3275
Captain
9th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 1 Oct 1895

HODGSON, Alick Selwyn

Service number B3572
Able Seaman
HMAS Penguin (IV) 1939-1940/HMAS Brisbane 1940-1942/HMAS Moreton (I) 1942-1994 (Depot)
Royal Australian Navy
Born 25 Feb 1922

EAGAR, Alexander Vinrace

Service number B/2341
Sub Lieutenant
HMAS Sydney (II) - D48 WW2
Royal Australian Navy
Born 13 Mar 1917

WHALE, William John Latchford

Service number 405511
Warrant Officer
No. 460 Squadron (RAAF)
Royal Australian Air Force
Born 7 Jul 1912

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