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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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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.

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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
Lance Sergeant KG McRae Second World War, 1939–45 NX86055 Australian Army - Second Australian Imperial Force (2nd AIF) view
Corporal R McRae Second World War, 1939–45 N2971173 Australian Army - Second Australian Imperial Force (2nd AIF) view
Flying Officer RJ McRae Second World War, 1939–45 421495 Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) view
Corporal WW McRae Second World War, 1939–45 NX106675 (N162652) Australian Army - Second Australian Imperial Force (2nd AIF) view
Private EA McShane First World War, 1914–18 1372 Australian Army - First Australian Imperial Force (1st AIF) Gallipoli 1915 view
Driver HH McShane First World War, 1914–18 14210 Australian Army - First Australian Imperial Force (1st AIF) view
TG McShane First World War, 1914–18 7105 Australian Army - First Australian Imperial Force (1st AIF) view
G Medhurst First World War, 1914–18 view
Private NJ Medhurst First World War, 1914–18 3224 Australian Army - First Australian Imperial Force (1st AIF) Ypres Salient 1917 view
Sapper W Meehan First World War, 1914–18 186 Australian Army - First Australian Imperial Force (1st AIF) 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