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Blue Knob Rifle Club First World War Honour Roll

Blue Knob Rifle Club First World War Honour Roll
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Description / Background

The memorial is a timber honour roll commemorating 24 members of the Blue Knob Rifle Club who served in the First World War. Blue Knob is a small village located seven kilometres north of Nimbin. 

The honour roll has strong architectural features with a four layered timber shelf at the top, a timber shelf at the bottom, and carved columns on each side. The names of seven servicemen who lost their lives in the First World War are written in gold lettering at the top of the board, with the names of an additional 17 servicemen from the Rifle Club listed below.

The Northern Star, 11 March 1922, reported that permission had been granted to hang an honour roll in the Blue Knob Public School. The school was established as a Provisional School in October 1914 and closed in December 1965. It is uncertain whether this honour roll was that of the Rifle Club as described above. 

The Blue Knob hall was established in 1930 below Lillian Rock and Blue Knob. Numerous social occasions were held in the hall, but over time it fell into disrepair. Community members provided voluntary labour to renovate the building and the hall, and the artist-run Blue Knob Hall Gallery and Café was officially opened in 2004. 

The honour roll is on display in the Blue Knob Hall Gallery and Café.

Inscription

Our Honoured Dead

[Names]

Blue Knob
Rifle Club
Honour Roll

[Names]

For King & Empire

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 J Akers First World War, 1914–18 3195 Australian Army - First Australian Imperial Force (1st AIF) Ypres Salient 1917 view
Private G P Bartlett First World War, 1914–18 1004 Australian Army - First Australian Imperial Force (1st AIF) Ypres Salient 1917 view
Private P A Boland First World War, 1914–18 2864 Australian Army - First Australian Imperial Force (1st AIF) view
Private C Bostock First World War, 1914–18 3019 Australian Army - First Australian Imperial Force (1st AIF) Somme 1916 - 1917 view
Private M Dando First World War, 1914–18 2170 Australian Army - First Australian Imperial Force (1st AIF) view
Lance Sergeant W Duncan First World War, 1914–18 3028 Australian Army - First Australian Imperial Force (1st AIF) view
Gunner A J Fisher First World War, 1914–18 15702 Australian Army - First Australian Imperial Force (1st AIF) view
Private E Jackson First World War, 1914–18 867 Australian Army - First Australian Imperial Force (1st AIF) Gallipoli 1915 view
Private H P Jackson First World War, 1914–18 358 Australian Army - First Australian Imperial Force (1st AIF) view
Warrant Officer Class II H C Jenns First World War, 1914–18 237 Australian Army - First Australian Imperial Force (1st AIF) Ypres Salient 1917 view

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Address
Blue Knob Hall Gallery & Cafe
719 Blue Knob Road
Lillian Rock NSW 2480
Local Government Area
Lismore, City of
Location status
Moved/altered
Memorial type
Board/roll/plaque/tablet
Recorded by
Graham Wilson
Year of construction
1922
Conflict/s
First World War, 1914–18
Materials
Timber