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Thornleigh Community Centre First World War Honour Boards

Thornleigh Community Centre First World War Honour Boards
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Lest We Forget board and Roll of Honour 1914-1919 for Pennant Hills and Thornleigh District
Roll of Honour 1914-1919 for Pennant Hills and Thornleigh District
Roll of Honour 1914-1919 for Pennant Hills and Thornleigh District
Plaque below Roll of Honour 1914-1919 for Pennant Hills and Thornleigh District
Honour Roll for Pennant Hills, Thornleigh and Normanhurst District – The Great War 1914-1918
Honour Roll for Pennant Hills, Thornleigh and Normanhurst District – The Great War 1914-1918
Thornleigh Community Centre First World War Memorials - Lest We Forget board
Close up of Memorial Library opening plaque, attached to Lest We Forget board
Close up of building opening plaque, attached to Lest We Forget board
Close up of Lest We Forget plaque, attached to Lest We Forget board
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Description / Background

Three honour boards located within the Thornleigh Community Centre commemorate the courage and sacrifice of the men of the district who enlisted in the Great War. The boards hold 141 names, 15 of whom died in action during the war.

The boards were all located elsewhere, before being moved to the centre. 

Roll of Honour 1914–1919 for Pennant Hills and Thornleigh District

This timber honour board is framed by a pair of fluted Ionic pilasters, which support the pediment, directly referencing the elements of classical architecture of ancient Greece. The pediment is decorated in relief with a central evergreen laurel wreath, which symbolises victory, eternity, resurrection, glory, and honour. There are also olive branches, symbolising peace. Such classical references were intended to evoke ideas of simplicity, timelessness, universality, and longevity. It was also an aesthetic that could denote reverence, devoid of any specific religious overtones.

It was moved to the centre from its original location in the Thornleigh Public School Memorial Classroom, where it was unveiled on 14 October1922. A plaque located below the board provides information on the classroom and the roll.

Honour Roll for Pennant Hills, Thornleigh and Normanhurst District - The Great War 1914–1918

This memorial is a simple timber board, with gold lettering. It commemorates the service and sacrifice of those who lived in the Pennant Hills, Thornleigh, and Normanhurst districts and served in the First World War.

It was moved to the centre from its original location in the Thornleigh School of Arts, where it was unveiled around August 1934.

Lest We Forget board

This board contains three plaques. Two are from the official openings of local buildings, including a memorial library, and the third contains a wreath and the words ‘Lest We Forget’.

Inscription

Roll of Honour 1914–1919 for Pennant Hills and Thornleigh District

1914 1919

Pennant Hills and Thornleigh District.

[Names]

Plaque below Roll of Honour 1914–1919 for Pennant Hills and Thornleigh District

Memorial Class Room

Thornleigh Public School 1922–1989

In 1920 the Thornleigh-Pennant Hills Parents & Citizens Association decided to raise money for an extra classroom for the school, as a memorial to the soldiers from the district who enlisted in the Great War.

£200 was raised, a third of the cost of the room, and it was completed by 27 March, 1922. This became the sixth class school-room, where the students completed their primary school education, and sat for the Qualifying Certificate, to enter Secondary School.

During World War II some of the precautionary measures included trenches dug in the playground, blacked-out windows, an air raid alarm, and the school was a training ground for emergencies. In 1962 the War Memorial Library was opened.

Thornleigh Honour Roll 1914–18

The Honour Roll which commemorates the courage of the men of the district who enlisted in the Great War, holds one hundred and forty one names. Fifteen, more than one tenth of those men, died in action.

Honour Roll for Pennant Hills, Thornleigh and Normanhurst District - The Great War 1914–1918

Honour-Roll

Pennant Hills, Thornleigh, Normanhurst District.

The Great War 1914–1918.

[Names]

+ These died in action

Lest We Forget board - plaque 1

This Memorial Library was officially opened by Major-General I.N. Dougherty C.B.E. D.S.O. E.O. Director of Civil Defence in New South Waltes

28th April 1962

The Hon E. Wetherell M.L.A. Minister for Education

M.S. Ruddock M.L.A. Member for the Hills

Harold S. Wyndham C.B.E. M.A. E.D. Director-General of Education

Lest We Forget board - plaque 2

This building was officially opened by the Hon R.J. Heffron M.L.A. Deputy Premier and Minister for Education

21st November, 1958.

G.A. Storey, ESO, MLA Member for Hornsby

Harold S. Wyndham, MA, Ed O, Dip Ed Director-General of Education

Lest We Forget Board - plaque 3

Lest We Forget

Related links
Thornleigh (23 Sep 1922)
Northern Districts' Honour Roll (18 Apr 1934)
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
T WALLEN World War 1 AIF view
C WALLIS World War 1 AIF view
George WARE World War 1 AIF view
James WARE World War 1 AIF view
Pte John B WELSH World War 1 3900 AIF Villers Bretonneux view
J WELSH World War 1 AIF view
John WEST World War 1 + AIF view
D WILLIAMS World War 1 AIF view
Pte Keith Bertram WOOD World War 1 2474 AIF Poziers view
F J WYLY World War 1 AIF view

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Address
Thornleigh Community Centre
Lot 200 Phyllis and Central Avenues
Thornleigh NSW 2120
Local Government Area
Hornsby Shire
Setting
Building – inside
Location status
Moved/altered
Memorial type
Board/roll/plaque/tablet
Recorded by
Matthew Pines
Conflict/s
First World War, 1914–18
Materials
Timber