Newcastle High School 1914-1918 Honour Roll
Description
The memorial is located in the Drama Theatre (former Assembly Hall) with access by arrangement during school hours. It was relocated from the Tyrrell Street site to Waratah in 1934 when Newcastle Boys High School was opened at Waratah.
Extract from The Novocastrian Volume 12 No. 1 September 1922:
"The Roll of Honour is of the Ionic order in design. The plinth is of white Carara marble, as are the bases and capitals of the columns. The fluted shafts of the columns are polished Australian Spring Hill marble.
The entablature, frieze and cornice are Carara marble with a highly polished surface. On the pediment, richly carved, is the monogram of the school set in a laurel wreath.
The panel bearing the names is 4 ft by 2 ft 6 in [1220 mm x 763 mm] and the overall size is 5 ft 4 in by 5 ft 7 in [1635 mm x 1703 mm].
The memorial is the work of Messrs. Meldrum and Markey, with the co-operation of Mr Scoular, and in its technical excellence and artistic effect is a work of which the school may well be proud."
Extract from The Novocastrian Volume 12 No. 1 dated September 1922:
"The memorial was unveiled on Anzac Day 1922 in the Assembly Hall of Newcastle High School, Tyrrell Street Newcastle in the presence of Mr C.R. Smith the first headmaster of the school and Mr and Mrs Jeffries, parents of Clarence Jeffries VC. It commemorates 90 former pupils of the school who enlisted during World War I."
Inscription
1914 [NHS crest] 1918
[Names]
[post nominal decorations follow the names]
* Killed in action
Veterans listed on this memorial
| Rank | Given Name | Family Name | Conflict/s | Fate | Service No. | Service | Unit | Campaign | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lance Sergeant | M K D | Arkell | World War I | died of wounds | 341 | Army | 30th Infantry Battalion | France | view |
| Lieutenant | E | Armstrong | World War I | returned to Australia | 3004 | Army | 55th Infantry Battalion | view | |
| Corporal | H R | Arnold | World War I | returned to Australia | 4128A | Army | 54th Infantry Battalion | view | |
| Private | W | Aubrey | World War I | returned to Australia | 6949 | Army | 4th Infantry Battalion | view | |
| Private | R | Baker | World War I | returned to Australia | 5040 | Army | 1st Infantry Battalion | view | |
| Sapper | C | Bate | World War I | returned to Australia | 7343 | Army | 7th Field Company Engineers | view | |
| Private | T | Beveridge | World War I | returned to Australia | 7449 | Army | 3rd Infantry Battalion | view | |
| Private | T | Brown | World War I | demobilised in Australia | 90739 | Army | Central Recruiting Depot | view | |
| Warrant Officer Class 1 | W | Brownlee | World War I | returned to Australia | 6464 | Army | 33rd Infantry Battalion | view | |
| Lieutenant | T | Cadell | World War I | died of wounds | Army | 3rd Infantry Battalion | Gallipoli | view |
Address
Turton Road,
Callaghan College Waratah Technology Campus,
Waratah NSW 2298
Local Government Area
- Newcastle, City of
Setting
- Building – inside
Memorial type
- Board/roll/plaque/tablet
Recorded by
Newcastle Boys High School Old Boys AssociationEstablished 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:
04/25/1922Dedication date
25 April 1922 Conflict/s
- First World War, 1914–18
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