Bendigo Marist Brothers College Great War Honour Roll

Details

Location Soldiers Memorial Institute, Pall Mall, Bendigo, Greater Bendigo - Victoria, Australia
Type honour_roll
Description

Every Honour board has a history - this one stored in a Chook Shed for 18 years before being rescued.

In 1998 the honour board from the Marist Brothers
College Bendigo was found wrapped up and stored
in an old chook shed. Established in the 1890s, the
College had closed its doors during the 1980s and
the honour board had somehow made its way onto a
property in the nearby Junourton district. A community
member alerted the Bendigo RSL and the owners of the
honour board agreed that it be donated to the Bendigo
RSL Military Museum. By relocating this 2 metre by 2.5
metre honour board to a secure indoor environment it
was saved from exposure to the climate, pest attack
and other hazards that could have resulted in serious
deterioration. This large and impressive honour board
is now on display at the Bendigo Military Museum. It is
an example of the vulnerability of honour rolls and the
part that ordinary community members can play in their
rescue and preservation.

Bendigo. Visit of Archbishops. Archbishop Cattaneo, the Papal Delegate, on Sunday afternoon officially opened the new High School erected in connection with the Marist Brothers' Catholic College, Bridge street. There was an enormous attendance. Subsequently Dr Mannix delivered a long address to 5000 people in unveiling an honor roll at the Marist Brothers' College. The roll contained 340 names, eight of whom had won Military Medals or other decorations.
Ballarat Star (Vic), 8 April 1918.

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Built Not yet discovered
Opened 7 April 1918 by Archbishop Cattaneo
Inscription

MARIST BROTHERS' COLLEGE
In the Great War 1914 - 19

HONOUR ROLL

(Names)

Condition

Good

Names

Showing 8 people of interest from memorial

MCSHANE, William Stephen

Service number 4247
Lieutenant
6th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 1893

STUBBS, Bartholomew James

Lieutenant
51st Infantry Battalion (WW1)
AIF WW1

COLLINS, Clune John

Service number 1679
Private
21st Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born Oct 1895

JORDAN, James Joseph

Service number 64
Private
38th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 1893

EAST, Benjamin

Service number 1846
Private
60th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 1886

CULLINGER, James

Service number 4470
Private
6th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1

WELLS, Frank Ernest

Service number 4624
Private
57th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 1889

COLLINS, Thomas Joseph

Service number 58
Private
38th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 1897

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