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Auburn Methodist Church First World War Honour Roll

Auburn Methodist Church First World War Honour Roll
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Description / Background

The Auburn Methodist Church First World War Honour Roll is a light-coloured, rectangular timber board, with names and inscriptions in gilt lettering. At the very top of the board is a small shelf, at the centre of which is the Crown with the Union Jack and Australian flag on either side. At both ends of the shelf are further inscriptions. Below the lists of veterans’ names is a smaller, less worked shelf, beneath which is an open Triquetra, the symbol of the Trinity.

There were 37 names on the roll when it was unveiled on 11 February 1917. At that stage, only three had died in the war. At the end of the war, the roll was updated to 48 names, with 11 'died in active service'.

The memorial is located in its original location, on an interior wall of the Auburn Methodist Church, now the Auburn Uniting Church. 

Inscription

Shelf - top left and right

War declared 4th August … Peace proclaimed 25th June

Shelf - either side of Crown and flags

For God … & Country

Below shelf

Methodist Church Auburn, Roll of Honour

[Names]

Their names shall never be forgotten & men shall remember their works.

+  Died on Active Service

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
R J Haigh World War 1 view
J H Hallo World War 1 view
Private W Heard First World War, 1914–18 2654 Australian Army - First Australian Imperial Force (1st AIF) Ypres Salient 1917 view
W Heard World War 1 view
Corporal W S Hewett First World War, 1914–18 6537 Australian Army - First Australian Imperial Force (1st AIF) Somme 1918 view
W S Hewett World War 1 view
P Hughes World War 1 view
W J Johnson World War 1 view
Private W J Johnson First World War, 1914–18 3827 Australian Army - First Australian Imperial Force (1st AIF) Somme 1916 - 1917 view
T S Kirkness World War 1 view

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Address
Auburn Uniting Church
Cnr Auburn Road and Helena Street
Auburn NSW 2144
Local Government Area
Cumberland Council
Setting
Building – inside
Location status
Original location
Memorial type
Board/roll/plaque/tablet
Recorded by
Ron Inglis. David Roden.
Year of construction
1917
Dedication date
11 February 1917
Conflict/s
First World War, 1914–18
Materials
Timber