Redcliffe Humpybong Roll of Honor

Details

Location Redcliffe RSL, Irene Street, Redcliffe, Moreton Bay - Queensland, Australia
Type honour_roll
Description

Pressed Metal Honour Board with brass name plates

The little settlement of Humpybong has given 56 of its young men to serve in the cause of Empire. Of that number six have made the supreme sacrifice, and if conscription came into force today it is improbable that more than three or four eligible young men could be found to come within the scope of the proposed scheme. These remarkable facts were brought out at a function held at the Humpybong State School yesterday, when a handsome honor board was unveiled by Mr. James Forsyth, M.L.A. The local Progress Association arranged the ceremony, the president (Mr. Ashmole) and the secretary (Mr. Rawlinson), in addition to Mr. Forsyth, offering their tributes to the heroes who had enlisted.

The honor roll, which cost between £35 and £40, was subscribed wholly by the residents of the district. It is a handsome embossed bronze tablet, mounted upon marble, and the names of all the young men who have enlisted from Humpybong are inscribed upon it. The local school children assembled in full force at the school, and there was a large attendance of the parents. The children, under the leadership of the schoolmaster (Mr. Stapleton) rendered a number of patriotic songs.
Daily Mail (Brisbane), 24 November 1917.

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Built Not yet discovered
Opened 23 November 1917 by Mr. James Forsyth, M.L.A.
Inscription

1914 1919
ROLL OF HONOR

HUMPYBONG

(Names)

Condition

Good

Names

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SMITH, Robert George

Service number 3919
Private
4th Pioneer Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 5 Oct 1889

GRANT, Herbert

Service number 5102
Private
31st Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 19 Jun 1897

HAMILTON, John Charles Sutton

Service number 2026
Private
5th Light Horse Regiment
AIF WW1
Born 12 Sep 1893

HAMILTON, Robert James

Service number 11
Private
7th Infantry Brigade Headquarters
AIF WW1
Born 29 Mar 1891

ANDERSON, Peter

Service number 3794
Private
4th Pioneer Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 16 Apr 1878

MARSHAL, Alan

Service number 163
Private
17th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 12 Jun 1883

COWEN, Denzil Rupert

Service number 2634
Private
5th Light Horse Regiment
AIF WW1
Born 31 Aug 1899

FISHER, Walde Gerard

Service number 1787
Lieutenant
42nd Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 24 Aug 1894

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