M.W.S. and D.B. (Metropolitan Water Sewerage and Drainage Board) 1939-1945

Description

Cast bronze plaque roughly 800x1500mm containing details of MWSDB staff killed between 1939 and 1945. One of a matched pair, the first of which honours WWI casualties.

Inscription

Quique sui memores alios fecere merendo (top border); Lest We Forget (bottom border); A roll honouring the 1072 employees who enlisted is in the Board’s library (bottom border)

Veterans listed on this memorial

Rank	Given Name	Family Name	Conflict/s	Fate	Link
F/Sgt	E A	Smith	World War 2	KIA	view
F/Sgt	I H	Smith	World War 2	KIA	view
P/O	S W	Smith	World War 2	KIA	view
Tpr	C S	Shortis	World War 2	KIA	view
Sgt	W L	Sellar	World War 2	KIA	view
Pte	C J	Robinson	World War 2	KIA	view
F/Sgt	L M	Readett	World War 2	KIA	view
Sgt	J W	Patterson	World War 2	KIA	view
Sgt	R F	Nicholls	World War 2	KIA	view
Sgt	J B	Murphy	World War 2	KIA	view

Address

Sydney Water Head Office

Pitt Street

Sydney NSW 2000

Location/surrounding area

Former lobby, Ground floor, MWS&DB Building, Pitt St (now Sydney Water Head Office).

Recorded by

MacLaren North, Natural & Cultural Resources Manager, Sydney Water Corporation

Established date

c. 1945

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