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Municipality of Waterloo Roll of Service, The Great War 1914-1919

Municipality of Waterloo Roll of Service, The Great War 1914-1919
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Kathryn Pearson, Laila Ellmoos and Paul Patterson, City of Sydney
Kathryn Pearson, Laila Ellmoos and Paul Patterson, City of Sydney
Kathryn Pearson, Laila Ellmoos and Paul Patterson, City of Sydney
Kathryn Pearson, Laila Ellmoos and Paul Patterson, City of Sydney
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Description / Background

 

Five timber panels, each with a list of names of veterans, initials and surname in gold lettering. The names of the veterans are not in alphabetical order. Two of the panels have inscriptions.

Each of the panels has the name of the mayors who served on the Municipal Council of Waterloo during the First World War - Thomas Danks (1) (Mayor 1915), Stephen Whitehurst (3) (Mayor 1916-1917) and Charles Joseph Lenton (1) (Mayor 1917-1919).

Media coverage: 1917 'ROLL OF HONOUR.', The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), 30 June, p. 14, viewed 23 May, 2014.

Inscription

 

On all boards:

MUNCIPALITY OF WATERLOO ROLL OF SERVICE THE GREAT WAR 1914-19

Board 1:

[Names]

The bugles of the Motherland rang ceaselessly across the sea to call him and his lean brown land to shape Imperial destiny. He went by Youths gave purpose willed the goal unknown, the cost unweighed the promise of hid blood fulfilled. The bravest thing God ever made

Board 2:

Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his Life for his friends

[Names]

Though duty's face is stern her path is best they sweetly sleep who dies upon her breast

 

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
PTE W West World War One view
PTE F West World War One view
A West World War One view
B West World War One view
S G Whales World War One view
SGT A J Wheatley World War One view
W White World War One view
A D White World War One view
W A White World War One view
D A White World War One view

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Address
770 Elizabeth Street,
Waterloo Library,
Waterloo NSW 2017
Local Government Area
Sydney, City of
Memorial type
Board/roll/plaque/tablet
Recorded by
Kathryn Pearson, Laila Ellmoos and Paul Patterson, City of Sydney
Year of construction
1919
Dedication date
28 June 1917
Conflict/s
First World War, 1914–18