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