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Mental Hospital Parramatta 1914-1918 Roll of Honor

Mental Hospital Parramatta 1914-1918 Roll of Honor
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Mental Hospital Parramatta – WW1 Roll of Honor with Will Longstaff prints
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Mental Hospital Parramatta - inside main entrance to administration office - WW1 Roll of Honor with Will Longstaff prints
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Mental Hospital Parramatta – WW1 Roll of Honor - close up
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Mental Hospital Parramatta – WW1 Roll of Honor - close up
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Mental Hospital Parramatta - administration office from garden right
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Mental Hospital Parramatta - administration office from garden left
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Description / Background

The First World War Roll of Honor board is mounted high on the wall inside the front entrance of Parramatta Mental Hospital’s old administration office building. The building is now a historical site and is occupied by Sydney University.

The board is made of polished solid marble in three different colours with inlaid, engraved gold lettering on white marble. It measures 1.2m wide by 1.75m tall. Fifteen of forty-eight veterans listed on the board paid the supreme sacrifice and did not return home from the First World War. Six of forty-eight names listed can not be positively identified with a connection to the Mental Hospital on the National Archives Australia website, the A.I.F. project database of UNSW Canberra or on the Australian War Memorial database.    

On each side of the board is a print from a painting by Will Longstaff. Both prints are 83cm wide and 61cm tall. On the left-hand side is 'The Immortal Shrine' and on the right-hand side, 'Menin Gate at Midnight'. 

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Mental Hospital Parramatta

1914 Roll of Honor 1918

To those who have answered their country’s call

[Names]

Erected by officers and staff

Veterans listed on this memorial

Veterans listed on this memorial

Last held rank Given name Family name Conflict/s Service No. Service Campaign Read more
Private J W Dalton World War 1 5571 AIF France view
Gunner A Duckworth World War 1 17140 AIF France view
Sister E M Duffy First World War, 1914–18 Australian Army Nursing Service view
Gunner W H Foster World War 1 17141 AIF France view
Private H Gardner World War 1 889 AIF Fromelles view
G Gardner view
Driver J Grant World War 1 17143 AIF France view
Private J Greig World War 1 5458 AIF France view
J J Hartnett view
Private W Head World War 1 169 AIF Gallipoli view

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Address
5 Fleet Street,
Cumberland Hospital,
North Parramatta NSW 2151
Local Government Area
Parramatta Council, City of
Setting
Building – inside
Memorial type
Board/roll/plaque/tablet
Recorded by
Ronald L McIntosh
Year of construction
1920
Dedication date
29 April 1920
Conflict/s
First World War, 1914–18