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Tumbarumba Memorial Hall

Tumbarumba Memorial Hall
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Description / Background

Brick building with memorial plaques on either side of the main doorway. The foundation stone was laid on 9 March 1936 and the hall was opened later that year on 16 September.

Inscription

Plaque 1

RSL MEMORIAL HALL

THIS PLAQUE COMMEMORATES THE TRANSFER OF THE TUMBARUMBA RETURNED AND SERVICES LEAGUE MEMORIAL HALL TO THE TUMBARUMBA SHIRE COUNCIL.

THE TRANSFER WAS AGREED TO BY MEMBERS OF THE TUMBARUMBA RSL SUB-BRANCH AND THE RSL OF AUSTRALIA (NSW BRANCH) TO PRESERVE THE ONGOING MEMORY OF OUR FALLEN COMRADES AND CONTINUED UTILISATION OF THE HALL BY THE COMUNITY.

THE TRANSFER WAS BROUGHT ABOUT LARGELY DUE TO THE DRIVE AND ENTHUSIAM OF SUB-BRANCH PRESIDENT MR RON HILTON (A TIRELESS CAMPAIGNER FOR THE RSL AND THE YOUTH OF THE COMMUNITY).

MAYOR CLLR DAVID ROBERTSON - BRIAN PEARSON, GENERAL MANAGER - RON HILTON, PRESIDENT - DAVID PENDRICK, SECRETARY - BARRY HOUTING, TREASURER. JUNE 2007

Plaque 2

RETURNED SOLDIER'S

MEMORIAL HALL

THIS TABLET WAS SET

BY

THE HON J.M. DUNNINGHAM ESQ. M.L.A.

9TH MARCH 1936

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Address
Winton Street
Tumbarumba NSW 2653
Local Government Area
Snowy Valleys Council
Setting
Roadside
Memorial type
Building
Recorded by
Peter Levarre-Waters
Year of construction
1936
Dedication date
16 September 1936
Conflict/s
First World War, 1914–18
All conflicts