Blacksmiths 1914-1919 Honour Roll, Railway Remembrance Wall, Central Station
Description
Part of the Railway Remembrance Wall, this is a light coloured polished wooden board with veterans' names and inscription in gilt. The whole board is enclosed in a glass-fronted wooden case. The memorial is located near platform 23.
Additional information by Sydney Trains:
A carved wooden honour roll board, with 58 Locoworks Blacksmithshop railways employees names who served in the First World War written in gilt, encased behind glass panes. It was produced by NSW Railways Eveleigh blacksmith staff, and was relocated after the closure of the blacksmiths workshop in 1988, and fixed to the western Railway Remembrance Wall at Central Station. Note all the names are also listed on the Eveleigh Locoworks consolidated Honour Roll WWI.
Inscription
Lest We Forget.
Blacksmiths
1914 Honour Roll 1919
[Names]
Veterans listed on this memorial
| Rank | Given Name | Family Name | Conflicts | Fate | Service No. | Service | Campaign | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | Austin | World War 1 | view | |||||
| J | Bayliss | World War 1 | view | |||||
| G | Bennett | World War 1 | view | |||||
| W | Booker | World War 1 | view | |||||
| J | Brown | World War 1 | view | |||||
| E | Christie | World War 1 | view | |||||
| A | Cockerill | World War 1 | view | |||||
| J | Constable | World War 1 | view | |||||
| E | Corpse | World War 1 | view | |||||
| W | Craddock | World War 1 | view |
Address
Central Station
Haymarket NSW 2000
Local Government Area
- Sydney, City of
Setting
- Building – inside
Memorial type
- Board/roll/plaque/tablet
Recorded by
David Roden. Updated info by Sydney TrainsEstablished 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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