Lameroo Memorial Window

Details

Location Lameroo Memorial Hall, Railway & Chandos Terrace, Lameroo, Southern Mallee - South Australia, Australia
Type stained_glass_window
Description

Major McCann (President of the Returned Soldiers' Association) Adelaide, Mr F. M. McMillan M.P.,, visiting and local diggers, and a good attendance of the general public, were present at an impressive ceremony at the Lameroo Soldiers’ Memorial Hall on Tuesday last, when a beautiful memorial window was unveiled. The window is situated in that part of the new hall which is set apart as a meeting place for Lameroo “diggers’’, and is a beautiful tribute to the memory of the brave men from Lameroo district who gave their lives in the great war. The unveiling ceremony was performed by Major McCann, after which an adjournment was made to the main hall. Rev Lomman (President of the Lameroo Branch of the R.S.A.) presided. Major McCann and Mr F M McMillan M.P. delivered inspiring addresses. At the conclusion a vote of thanks to the speakers was moved by Mr H. H. Perrin and seconded by Mr J. L. Koch and carried by acclamation.
Pinnaroo and Border Times (SA), 27 August 1926.

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Built Not yet discovered
Opened 24 August 1926 by Major McCann
Inscription

1914 1918

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A tribute to those who gave, their hearts to their homes, their souls to their God, and their lives to their country

Condition

Good

Names

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KING, Leo

Service number 955
Private
10th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 16 Jun 1890

TOWNSEND, Fred

Service number 1220
Corporal
16th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
AIF WW1
Born 15 Nov 1888

PAVY, Hutton Lindsay

Service number 4577
Private
3rd Machine Gun Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 4 May 1894

CORNELIUS, Arthur

Service number 5329
Private
27th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1

SANDERY, Walter Horace

Service number 189
Corporal
27th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 1895

NELSON, James

Service number 4832
Private
50th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 9 May 1881

TOWNSEND, Percival Seymour

Service number 1713
Private
43rd Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 5 Sep 1886

CLUTTERBUCK, Arthur Clement

Service number 4687
Private
27th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 21 Feb 1890

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