Moruya Uniting Church Great War Honor Roll and Memorial Plaques
Description
A wall mounted white marble honour roll, with a dark marble surround dedicated to those who served in the First World War. Nearby is another marble memorial dedicated to 2nd Lieut. Harold M. Bishop and Pte Raymond C. Bishop. A third memorial is dedicated to Lieut. J. S. Leslie Ross Australian Flying Corps (A.F.C.). According to the Moruya Examiner newspaper, all the memorials are constructed of white Sicilian marble. The honor roll identifies F. W. Rose of Wollongong as the stonemason.
Inscription
Honor Roll
THE GREAT WAR
1914 - 1918
To the honor of those who served
[Names]
* Killed
'Duty done is the soul's own fireside.'
Veterans listed on this memorial
| Rank | Given Name | Family Name | Conflict/s | Fate | Service No. | Service | Campaign | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C D | Baldwin | World War 1 | view | |||||
| C H | Baldwin | World War 1 | view | |||||
| H M | Bishop | World War 1 | KIA | view | ||||
| R C | Bishop | World War 1 | KIA | view | ||||
| A W | Burns | World War 1 | view | |||||
| C R | Burns | World War 1 | view | |||||
| R W | Burns | World War 1 | KIA | view | ||||
| H J | Clarke | World War 1 | view | |||||
| A | Crapp | World War 1 | view | |||||
| A H | Crapp | World War 1 | view |
Address
Moruya Uniting Church
7 Page Street
Moruya NSW 2537
Local Government Area
- Eurobodalla Shire
Setting
- Building – inside
Memorial type
- Board/roll/plaque/tablet
Recorded by
Mr William Altmann (Moruya RSL Sub Branch]Established date
1920Established Date format:
$e_original_date = $entity->field_established['und'][0]['value'];
if (!empty($e_original_date)) {
$changed_date = strtotime($e_original_date);
$new_date = date("d F Y", $changed_date);
print 'Established date
';
print $new_date;
}
else{
print '';
}Dedication date:
1921-01-09Dedication date
09 January 1921 Conflict/s
- First World War, 1914–18
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