Petersham Town Hall War Memorial and Book of Remembrance
Description
A polished wooden display board and cabinet with a carved replica of the Australian Commonwealth Military Forces badge at the top. The cabinet is draped with the Australian flag and the Union Jack.
On the left and right panels of the cabinet are depictions of two war scenes and carved into the wood below are lists of First World War campaigns and battles. The centrE cabinet contains a book of veterans' names displayed behind glass.
Note on veteran names: Currently only those veterans' whose names are displayed on the two open pages can be transcribed. Marrickville Library is researching if a full listing is available.
Inscription
Top of cabinet:
Australian Commonwealth Military Forces
Centre panel above book:
Lest we forget
1914-1918.
Left panel:
New Guinea, Anzac, Lone Pine, Sari Bair, Fromelles, Pozieres, Flers, Bapaume, Bullecourt, Lagnicourt, Messines, Menin Road, Polygon Wood, Broodseinde, Passendaele, Somme-Ancre, Dernancourt, Villers-Bretonneux, Hazelbrouck, Hamel.
Right panel:
Amiens, Chuignes, Mont St Quentin, Peronne, Hindenburg Line, Beaurevoir, Egypt, Romani, Gaza-Beersheba, Jerusalem, Jordan Valley, Essalt-Amman, Megiddo, Damascus, Mesopotamia, Cocos Islands, West Atlantic, North Sea, Adriatic, Malaysia.
Veterans listed on this memorial
| Rank | Given Name | Family Name | Conflict/s | Fate | Service No. | Service | Campaign | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| E C | Scarlett | World War 1 | view | |||||
| A F | Schulstad | World War 1 | view | |||||
| E H | Scott | World War 1 | view | |||||
| F | Scott | World War 1 | view | |||||
| J E | Scott | World War 1 | view | |||||
| J W | Scott | World War 1 | view | |||||
| L | Scott | World War 1 | view | |||||
| R G | Scott | World War 1 | view | |||||
| G R | Seabrook | World War 1 | KIA | view | ||||
| T L | Seabrook | World War 1 | KIA | view |
Address
107 Crystal Street,
Petersham Town Hall,
Petersham NSW 2049
Local Government Area
- Inner West Council
Setting
- Building – inside
Memorial type
- Board/roll/plaque/tablet
- Memorial book/Book of Remembrance
Recorded by
David RodenEstablished 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 '';
}Conflict/s
- First World War, 1914–18
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