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Armidale City Council and Dumaresq Shire First and Second World Wars Remembrance Book

Armidale City Council and Dumaresq Shire First and Second World Wars Remembrance Book
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Armidale City Council and Dumaresq Shire First and Second World Wars Remembrance Book
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Description / Background

This Book of Remembrance for the First and Second World Wars is located in a timber and glass cabinet in the foyer of the Armidale War Memorial Library in Rusden Street, Armidale. It was originally dedicated in the foyer of the Memorial Library in Faulkner Street and was moved to its present location after 2019. 

A list of names of those who served in each war was compiled in the early 1950s for the Councils of the City of Armidale and Dumaresq Shire. It was donated by the Armidale sub-Branch of the Returned Sailors', Soldiers' and Airmen's Imperial League of Australia (R.S.S. and A.I.L.A.). This list formed the basis of the Book. A separate section was devoted to enlistees from the Hillgrove district. The timber cabinet housing the Book was made and presented by Claude A. Skinner, a local craftsman.

Inscription

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Names of those who served in the 1914-1918 war and 1939-1945 war.

Title page

This book was compiled for the Council of the City of Armidale and the Council of the Shire of Dumaresq and donated by the R.S.S.& A.I.L.A. (N.S.W. Division) Armidale sub-Branch.

To record the names of those who served in the forces during the Great Wars 1914-1918 and 1939-1945.

Cabinet sign

Book of Remembrance
Contains the names of those who served & returned

Cabinet plaque

This table was made and & presented by Claude A. Skinner Esquire

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 AV Beckhouse First World War, 1914–18 5799 Australian Army - First Australian Imperial Force (1st AIF) view
Private CS Beckhouse First World War, 1914–18 53929 Australian Army - First Australian Imperial Force (1st AIF) view
Private W Beesley First World War, 1914–18 1913 Australian Army - First Australian Imperial Force (1st AIF) view
Corporal RMcK Beesley Second World War, 1939–45 68403 Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) view
Lance Corporal KJ Behrend Second World War, 1939–45 NX127017 (N19646) Australian Army - Second Australian Imperial Force (2nd AIF) view
Lance Corporal FL Bell First World War, 1914–18 1797 Australian Army - First Australian Imperial Force (1st AIF) Somme 1916 - 1917 view
Private OHG Bell First World War, 1914–18 5299 Australian Army - First Australian Imperial Force (1st AIF) view
Lance Corporal H Bell First World War, 1914–18 1378 Australian Army - First Australian Imperial Force (1st AIF) Sinai - Palestine 1916 - 1918 view
Driver AW Benge First World War, 1914–18 6087 Australian Army - First Australian Imperial Force (1st AIF) view
J Bennett First World War, 1914–18 view

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Address
Armidale War Memorial Library
1/182 Rusden Street
Armidale NSW 2350
Local Government Area
Armidale Regional Council
Setting
Building – inside
Location status
Moved/altered
Memorial type
Memorial book/Book of Remembrance
Recorded by
Graham Wilson
Conflict/s
First World War, 1914–18
Second World War, 1939–45
Materials
Paper